Category: D

Small elevations of the corium that indent the inner surface of the epidermis.  

A dorsal out-pocketing of the embryonic gut that gives rise to the body and tail of the adult pancreas.  

A rare chronic obstructive lung disease in which small lung nodules form, sometimes in association with sinus disease. It is typically found in people of Japanese ancestry.  

A mild discomfort, often difficult to describe, that may be associated with some musculoskeletal injuries or some diseases of the visceral organs.  

Low back pain resulting from degeneration of an intervertebral disk. Discogenic pain differs from sciatic pain in that it does not radiate along the course of the sciatic nerve into the buttocks, hip, or leg.  

Discomfort accompanying rhythmic uterine contractions during the first stage of labor.  

Pain in the oral area, which, in general, may be of two origins. Soft tissue pain may be acute or chronic, and a burning pain is due to surface lesions and usually can be discretely localized; pulpal pain or tooth pain varies according to whether it is acute or chronic, but it is often difficult…

A pad placed on the abdomen before application of a plaster cast. The pad is then removed, leaving space for abdominal distention after meals.  

A procedure that is used in combination with a hot bath to induce perspiration. When leaving the hot bath, the patient is placed in a dry warm sheet and wrapped in several warm blankets.  

A pacemaker that is also known as an atrioventricular sequential pacemaker because it stimulates both atria and ventricles sequentially.