Category: D

In surgery, a sterile covering used about an operative site to decrease the chance of contamination from the surroundings. A thin material used to place over someone about to undergo surgery, leaving the operation site uncovered. A covering, usually of cloth, plastic, or sterile paper, used to cover body parts (e.g., during surgical operations or…

In medicine, the creation of an opening through which accumulated pus can escape, especially in purulent infections. The removal of liquid from the site of an operation or pus from an abscess by means of a tube or wick left in the body for a time. Drawing off of fluid from a body cavity, usually…

The force that causes a scrubbing action or drag of the tire on the road surface when a vehicle is turned, thus slowing the speed of the vehicle.  

Goods or money given by a bride’s family to the family of her intended.  

Communication that flows from any point on an organizational chart downward to another point in the organizational chart.  

In some states, refers to the wife’s right to one- third or one-half interest in her husband’s real property following his death.  

Rinsing the vagina with water or a cleaning solution, douche. Rinsing the vagina with water or another solution, including vinegar and water, yogurt, and herbal teas. Most experts agree that douching is rarely necessary and encourages rather than eliminates vaginal infections because it upsets the acidity of the vagina and the bacterial balance.  

The period of time required for a total population to double in size. The length of time needed for a malignant tumor cell population to double in size.  

The time required for a cell to divide into two identical cells, mitosis.