Category: D
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Dogmatic authority
One who asserts that something is true without explanation or rationale, reasoning authority.
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Doctrine of specific nerve energies
The assertion that qualitative differences in sensory experiences are not attributed to the differences in the stimuli that correspond to different sense modalities, but rather to the fact that these stimuli excite different nervous structures.
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Doctor’s degree
The highest academic degree conferred by a university in any field, e.g., doctor of education, doctor of juridical science, doctor of public health.
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Doctor
One skilled or specialized in a healing art. Usually used synonymously with physician, but actually means any person with a doctoral degree. A person who has trained in medicine and is qualified to examine people when they are ill to find out what is wrong with them and to prescribe a course of treatment. A…
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Dnase
An acronym for the enzyme that hydrolyzes DNA.
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Helix (DNA)
A coil or spiral containing the DNA.
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Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)
An acronym for the controversial drug, dimethyl sulfoxide, originally used by veterinarians to reduce joint inflammation in animals, and presently used by some athletes for joint and soft tissue injuries. Anti-inflammatory agent used topically to treat some injuries, or in combination with other drugs to facilitate their absorption through the skin. A chemical used in…
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D-lysergic acid diethylamide tartrate 25
Lysergic acid, the psychoactive ingredient in LSD.
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D-love
According to Maslow, love characterized by seeking in another to meet one’s own deficiencies.
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Dizziness
A disturbed sense of relationship to space. The feeling that everything is going round because the sense of balance has been affected. Sensation of unsteadiness, faintness, or whirling in space, often with inability to maintain balance; it has many causes, including middle-ear disorder, drug (including alcohol) intoxication, and hypertension. A dizzy person is in danger…