Category: D

To the distal and buccal walls of bicuspid and molar teeth; also pert, to the distal or buccal walls of a cavity preparation.  

Any section of a nursing home specifically designated for the care of Medicare or Medicaid patients. The admissions, discharges, census, expenses, provisioning, and staffing of the distinct part are accounted for separately from the rest of the institution.  

Distillation of solids without added liquids.  

The process of decomposing complex organic compounds by heat in the absence of air and condensing the vapor of the liquid products.  

To vaporize by heat and condense and collect the volatilized products.  

The ability to become distended.  

In veterinary medicine, one of several viral infections of animals that cause fever, anorexia, and nerve disease.  

The space between tow objects.  

One of several rare forms of muscular dystrophy in which the forearm, hand, calf, and foot muscles are primarily affected as opposed to the muscles of the shoulders or pelvic girdle. Its onset usually occurs between the ages of 40 and 60. DD is also known as distal myopathy. A variant of muscular dystrophy, which…

A form of intestinal obstruction uniquely found in children with cystic fibrosis, formerly known as meconium ileus equivalent.