hl.i [DUAL 





i»l I 1 IN 1 OLEUM 



Decidual «, a railing off]. 



D. Cells, a proliferation 



.urn i> impregnated, 

 |U( ous mi in 

 U. Endometritis. 



DeciJuoma a falling 



\n intra uterine 

 believed to 

 i portion ol 



Deciduous fall]. 



|„ 3 thai fall in 



when they fall 



In dental anatoi ly, ap 



aporary teeth. D. Skin. 



D. Teeth, the temporary teeth or 



, after subserving the 



moved by an 



S 



Decigram [ tenth; gramma, 



i ■ . ns troy. 



Deciliter . tmth; titra, liter]. 



i nglish fluidounci 

 ■;/. 

 Decimet : its, tenth ; uirpov, a 



:!i of a meter, or 3.9,57 inches. 



normal I nth ; norma, 



ith the strength of the 



Deck Plug \ shorl wooden cylinder that 



-, used by ship-builders, and 



in pathologic laboratories for making 



- in which t'n may be embed - 



r is wound around the plug 



tee by a rubber band, sufficient paper 



. a cylindric box with a wooden 



Declinate lown ; clinare, to bend]. 



In vnward. 



Declination [dek-lin-a' 'shun) [. .to decline]. 



needle. 



Declina: 01 nare, to decline]. An 



ing the dura out of harm'-, way 



ihining. 



Decline - . to bend]. A marked 



n ; weakness of the body; an enfeebling 



cm t as 1 if a 



■ in for Pulmonary tuberculosis. 



Declivis cerebelli [I..]. The 



if the monticulus of the cere- 

 Decoction to boil down]. A 



In pi para 



in water. 



in the 

 in '1 British phar- 



Decoctum \ de- 



Decollated from : ollum, 



Decollation „ 



Decollat 1 ; Anin- 



■ 

 Decoloration prive 



of color]. The operation of disi barging the color of 

 an organic substance, usually by bleaching or by 

 ation through animal charcoal. 



Decolorize [de-kul'-or-iz\ [decolorare, to deprive of 

 or], lo remove the excess of coloring-matter 

 from stained histologic preparations, for purposes of 

 differentiation. 



Decomposition [de-kom-po-zish' '-un) [decomponere, to 

 ompose]. The separation of the component prin- 

 ciples of a body, either by chemic analysis or by 

 putrefactive fermentation. 



Decompound [de-kom f -pound) [</V, away, from; com- 

 as, compound]. In biology, many times com- 

 pound, as certain leaves. 



Decongestive {de-kon-jes f -tiv) [</<■, from ; re, to 



bring together]. Relieving congestion. 



Decortication \de-kor-tik-a f -shun) [</ . from; cortex, 

 the bark], i. The operation of removing or stripping 

 the bark or husk of a plant. 2. The stripping off of 

 portions of the cortical substance of the brain from the 

 summits of the gyri. This lesion is often witnessed in 

 post-mortem examinations of the brain after death 

 from paretic dementia, and is partly due to the ab- 

 normal adhesion of the gray matter to the meninges. 



Decrepit [de-krep/ -it) \decrepitus, old]. Broken down 

 with age. 



Decrepitation [de-krep-it-a' '-shun) [decrepitare, to 

 crackle]. The crackling noise made by certain 

 crystalline bodies when their water of crystallization 

 is driven off by heat. It is caused by the conversion 

 of the imprisoned water into steam. 



Decrepitude {de-krep 1 '-it-ud) [decrepitus, decrepit]. 

 The state of being decrepit ; senility; the feebleness 

 of old age. 



Decrescent (de-kres' '-ent) [decrescere, to decrease]. In 

 biology, gradually tapering or diminishing from below 

 upward. 



Decubitus [de-ku f -bit-us) [decumbere, to lie down]. A 

 term denoting a recumbent or horizontal position. 

 Also, the position of a sick person while in bed. D., 

 Acute, a form of bed sore, sometimes seen in con- 

 nection with cerebral lesions. 



Decumbent [de-kum' '-bent) [</<•, down ; cumbere, to 

 lie]. In biology, bent to one side; reclining. 



Decurrent [de-kur' -ent) \de, down ; currere, to run]. 

 In biology, applied to leaves that are prolonged down 

 the side of the stem below the point of their insertion. 



Decussate [de-kus'-at) \decussatus, cross]. In biology, 

 arranged in pairs that successively cross each other. 

 To intersect. A term applied to nerve-fibers and to 

 muscle libers that interlace. 



Decussatio {de-kus-a* '-she-o) [L.]. A crossing. D. 

 pontinalis, in the pons, a decussation of tegmental 

 fibers from the thalamus. 



Decussation [de-kus-a' -shun) [decussatio, a crossing]. 

 A chiasma or X shaped crossing, especially of nerves, 

 or of nerve-filaments. Theprincipal decussations are 

 that of the optic nerve, and that of the pyramids : i. e., 

 of tin- anterior pyramids of the oblongata. 



Decussorium [de-kus-o f -re-um) [I-]. An instrument 

 tor depressing the dura after tin- operation of trephin 

 ing, so as to facilitate the removal of pus, blood, or 



r .nil il effusions. 

 Dedentition [de-den-tish f -un) [</-. down; dens, a 



tooth]. Tin- shedding of the teeth, especially the 



mil!-, teeth. 

 Dedolation (ded-o-la' '-shun) [dedolatio, a hewing off ]. 



'flu- removal of a slice by cutting; a wound by which 



Deduplication [de-du-plik-a' '-shun) \deduplicare, to 



dh to]. In biology, the same as Ckorisis, a. t. 



Deelinae Oleum. A highly refined petroleum oil manu- 



