Category: D

The raised junction between two planes meeting on the surface of a tooth.  

In cancer care, the time between an initial response to therapy and subsequent disease progression or relapse.  

In cancer care, a long-lasting positive reaction to tumor therapy, usually lasting at least a year.  

Respiration in which an organism, such as a one-celled ameba, secures its oxygen and gives up carbon dioxide directly to the surrounding medium.  

Respiration at less than a normal rate for the individual’s age. In adults, a respiratory rate of less than 12 breaths per minute. Slower than normal respiratory rates occur after opiate or sedative use, during sleep, in coma, and many other conditions, and may result in respiratory failure or carbon dioxide retention.  

Specialized assistance provided to individuals who need to increase their skills and abilities to enable greater safety or independence in driving because of physical, cognitive, or perceptual deficits. Services typically include clinical assessment, assistance with seating and positioning, simulated driving practice, on-road evaluation and training, passenger car evaluation, and recommendations for vehicle modifications.  

A return flow of chyme from the duodenum to the stomach.  

The static refraction of the eye plus that accomplished by accommodation; the reciprocal of the near-point distance.  

Possession of more than one refractive index, resulting in a double image.  

Highly penetrative waves emitted by radioactive substances. Any secondary ionizing particle expelled due to recoil when a primary ionizing particle traverses through a substance.