Category: D
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Day surgery
A surgical operation which does not require the patient to stay overnight in hospital. Surgery done in a clinic or a hospital without an overnight stay either before or after the operation. Improvements in surgery especially the introduction of minimally invasive surgery as well as more effective methods of anaesthesia have simplified many procedures and…
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Day recovery ward
A ward where day patients who have had minor operations can recover before going home.
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Day patient
A patient who is in hospital for treatment for a day and does not stay overnight.
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Day nursery
A place where small children can be looked after during the daytime while their parents or guardians are at work.
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Day centre
A place providing day care.
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Daughter cell
Any of the cells which develop by mitosis from a single parent cell.
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Daughter
A female child of a parent. The product of the decay of a radioactive element.
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Data protection act
A parliamentary act intended to protect information about individuals that is held on computers. It ensures that all information is stored securely and allows people to have access to their entries.
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Data bank
A store of information in a computer.
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Data
Information in words or figures about a particular subject, especially information which is available on computer. Material, facts, or figures on which discussion is held or from which inferences are drawn or decisions made. A distinction is sometimes made between “data” and “information”; generally, data have to be somehow “digested” (manipulated, summarized, organized, or interpreted)…