Category: D

  • Dartal

    A major tranquilizer.  

  • Dart

    An acronym for Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology.  

  • Danazol

    A drug containing androgens that suppresses production of estrogen. hormone). Danazol (Danocrine) is prescribed to treat endometriosis, fibrocystic breast disease, and hereditary angioedema, which is swelling of different parts of the body. Danazol should not be taken by a woman who is pregnant. This drug prevents the pituitary gland from producing one of its hormones,…

  • Dame school

    A low-level primary school in the colonial and early national periods, usually conducted by an untrained woman in her own home.  

  • Damages

    In law, pecuniary compensation or indemnity which may be recovered in court by the person who has suffered loss or injury to his or her person, property, or rights through the unlawful act, omission, or negligence of another person. Harm done to things. A legal term describing the money to be paid to a plaintiff…

  • Dagga

    South African term for marijuana.  

  • Dactylogram

    Finger print.  

  • Dacryocystitis

    Inflammation of the tear sac of the eye. Inflammation of the lacrimal sac when the tear duct, which drains into the nose, becomes blocked. inflammation of the lacrimal sac (tear sac), due to obstruction of the tube draining the tears into the nose and characterized by tearing and discharge from the eye. Treatment is by…

  • Disturbed

    Referring to habitats that have been impacted by actions or processes associated with human settlement, such as ditching, grading, or long intervals of high-intensity grazing. Affected by a psychiatric disorder.  

  • Division

    The simplest method of propagation, whereby a clump of plants is dug up and broken up into several pieces which are then replanted. In politics, a method of voting. The action of cutting or splitting into parts. The simplest method of propagation, whereby a clump-forming plant is dug up and broken or cut apart into…