Category: D

One who suffers from diabetes: diabetes; diabetes mellitus. Referring to diabetes mellitus. Referring to food which contains few carbohydrates and sugar. Someone affected by diabetes; related to the condition of diabetes.  

A synthetic morphine derivative used as an antitussive agent. It has no central depressant or analgesic action. A drug used in lozenges, syrups, and linctuses (confections) to suppress coughs. It sometimes causes drowsiness, dizziness, and digestive upsets. An over-the-counter cough suppressant commonly found as an ingredient in numerous cough remedies.  

A marriage that lacks the vitality or dynamic nature it once possessed.  

In statistics, a score that indicates the extent to which one deviates from the average for one’s age group on a test. Deviation scores are derived from raw scores using a simple statistical transformation.  

A measure of intelligence test performance based on a person’s standing relative to his or her age mates, intelligence quotient.  

A deviation of the partition between the nares that, when extreme, may interfere with nasal breathing. Abnormal shift in position of any wall-like part that separates two chambers, most often referring to the nasal cavity. Deviated nasal septum is a common condition, causing symptoms of obstructed nasal passages, sinusitis, recur rent infection, nosebleeds, and difficulty…

A social role that is substantially different from the majority, and often calls attention of members of the majority to the deviant role player, deviant behavior.  

Thinking sequences often found in psychotic behavior in which conclusions are drawn that are not logically compatible with the premises or evidence.  

Based on the way in which society labels alcoholism. When society labels excessive use of alcohol as a deviant behavior, the person is forced into playing a deviant role. The deviant behavior may be primary resulting in social norms that label a person as deviant; and secondary, which is the behavior resulting from being labeled…

Behavior that deviates markedly from the average or norm is usually pathological in nature as used in abnormal psychology. Any behavior considered to be grossly abnormal.