Category: D

  • Developmental approaches

    Performance appraisal.  

  • Developmental and reproductive toxicology (Dart)

    An information resource focusing on developmental toxicology. It replaces the original ETIC file. A bibliographic database covering literature on teratology and DART.  

  • Deuteranopia

    A form of partial color blindness in which the person is unable to distinguish red and green, protanopia. A form of colour blindness in which someone cannot see green. A defect in color vision in which reds, yellows, and greens are confused. It is thought that the mechanisms for perceiving red light and green light…

  • Detumescence

    Subsidence of swelling. (Of the penis or clitoris after an erection or orgasm) the process of becoming limp. (Of a swelling) the process of disappearing. The reverse of erection, whereby the erect penis or clitoris becomes flaccid after orgasm. Subsidence of a swelling. The reduction of swelling.  

  • Detrusor

    The muscle fibers of the urinary bladder. Functioning to eject something. The detrusor muscle in the urinary bladder that helps in the discharge of urine.  

  • Detoxify

    To render poisons harmless. To diminish or remove the poisonous quality of a substance or pathogen. A chemical that destroys microorganisms, and is thereby often used to sanitize objects and surfaces. The process of eliminating or neutralizing the poisonous property of a substance, thereby counteracting its toxic effects, is referred to as detoxification. The liver…

  • Deterrent

    That which deters or prevents action. An agent that inhibits the action of another agent.  

  • Determination

    In embryology, the process by which embryonic parts become capable of developing into only one kind of adult tissue or organ. The establishing of the nature or precise identity of a substance, organism, or event.  

  • Deterioration effect

    In abnormal psychology, a harmful outcome from being in psychotherapy.  

  • Detection threshold

    Absolute threshold.