Category: D

The use of the unique characteristics of a person’s teeth or dental work as recorded in dental charts, radiographs, and records to establish the person’s identity.  

An idea that controls all one’s actions and thoughts.  

Carbon dioxide cooled to the point at which it becomes solid, which occurs at -110°F (-78.9°C). It is used as a commercial refrigerant and for therapeutic refrigeration in the treatment of certain skin conditions, including warts. Dry ice is the solid form of carbon dioxide. This transition from a gaseous to a solid state happens…

High blood pressure that does not normalize after treatment with appropriate doses of two or more standard antihypertensive medications.  

The final host or the host in which the parasite reaches sexual maturity.  

Any of a group of hormones produced by the stomach or small intestinal mucosa and stimulating various tissues to release enzymes, produce fluids, or affect gastrointestinal motility. The digestive hormones include gastrin, motilin, secretin, cholecystokinin, and vasoactive intestinal peptide.  

Physical displacement of the head of the femur from its normal location in the acetabulum. It is very often accompanied by a fracture.  

The protrusion of an intestinal congenital diverticulum.  

The cerebral hemi sphere (usually the left hemisphere of the brain) that controls both language use and the hand a person uses for most fine motor functions.  

Heat that has no moisture. It may take the form of a hot dry pack, hot water bottle, electric light bath, heliotherapy, hot bricks, resistance coil, electric pad or blanket, hot air bath, or therapeutic lamp.