Category: D

In nuclear medicine and radiology, the dose of radiation delivered to a patient or area of tissue multiplied by the area of skin exposed. The DAP gives an estimate of the likelihood of skin damage from a specific dose of radiation. It is measured in gray square centimeters.  

Fractional portions of a dose administered at specified intervals. For example, a patient may be given 2 g of cephalexin daily, divided as 500 mg orally every 6 hr.  

Any means used to estimate the optimal treatment for a child that takes into account variables such as the smaller body mass and/or increased metabolic rate of pediatric patients.  

From the top to the bottom of the foot.  

A surgical method of making the foreskin of the penis easily retractable. The foreskin is cut in the dorsal midline but not far enough to extend into the mucous membrane next to the glans.  

Surgery to decrease the size or prominence of the bridge of the nose.  

An enlargement or lump on the nasal bridge. In rhinoplasty a rasp is used to reduce it.  

The relief of pain with electric stimulation of the posterior spinal cord.  

An enzyme that lessens the viscosity of sputum by cleaving DNA deposited in it. It is used to treat patients with cystic fibrosis, who have exceptionally thick pulmonary secretions that are hard to expectorated.  

Short for deoxyribonuclease.