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Desquamation . to 



rie off]. Th( • ion 01 falling ofl ofthe cuti 

 ins 1 1 i.-. bran like after measles ; in layers after 



Desquamative 



I bara lamation. 



Destructive ing]. 



Hurtful; tendinj D. Distillation. 



Desudation 



i morbidly profuse 



lina. 

 Desudatory . a sweating]. 



ath. 

 Detergent . to cleanse]. I. 



l'u: ; abluent. - A drug, compound, 



wounds, ulcers, 

 Determinant or Determining Part min-ant) 



limit]. Weismann's name for om 

 the irresponding to a group ol 



i primary constituent of a cell or group of 



Determinate [determinare, to limit], 



i .in inrloi in which the 



takes place centrifugally, the 1 >1. .--< mi- 

 tt ■ r u 1 1 1 1 a 1 ami 1 1 « ■ t from axillary buds. 2. 

 Weismann's name I cells or group 



pendently variable from the germ 

 called hereditary parts. 

 Determination in-a'-skun) \determinatio, a 



directing]. The direction or tendency to or toward 

 ' blood to the head. 

 Determinism '-min-izm) \determinare, to limit, 



logy, a term introduced by Claude 

 mard to indicate the fatality of the reproduction of 

 plv under similar conditions, as seen in Ex- 



ice. 

 Detersion U-ter 4 '-shun) [delergere, to cleanse]. The 



/■in ; a cleansing. 

 Detersive Same as Detergent. 



Detmold's Method. See Treatment, Methods of . 

 Detrition ' un) \deterere, to wear off]. The 



ring or wasting of an organ or part, especi- 

 ally the teeth. 

 Detritus [deterere, to wear off]. The 



matter resulting from any wearing away, or 

 process. 

 Detumescence (de-tu-mes / -ens) [detumeseentia, a sub- 

 of a tumor]. The subsidence of any swelling. 

 Deutencephalon | diU-en-sef -al-on). See Diencepha- 



Deuteri.i [devripia]. The secundines. 



Deutero-albumose (du-ter-o-al' '-bu-mos). See Albu- 



Deutero-elastose (du-ter-o-e-las'-tds)[ . second; 



peptone ; one of the pro- 

 aofelastin. It is not precipitable 

 dium chlorid. 



Deuteropathy {du-t | ..„■, second ; 



secondar 



Deuteropin ,,,,,] . ;,-,,,r, 



■ I opium. 

 Deuteroplasm. ... Deutoplasm {du , or 



1 : rrMfffia, formed 



urring in the 

 Deuteroscop ,,„] . 



Deuterostoma ,,,,1 . 



th]. In idary blast 



Deuterozooid (du-ter-o-zo'-oid) [^ , second ; f i 



an animal ; eidoe, likeness]. In biology, a secondary 

 /oi'iid. developed by budding. 



Deuthyalosome [du-thi-al' '-o-som) [i . second ; 



. glass, crystal ; ni.nui. body]. The remains of 

 the germinal vesicle after the polar bodies have I 



extruded, formed by the union ..) | ions of the 



chromatic stars or discs with portions of tin- prothyal- 

 osome. 



Deutoleucite [du-to-lu , -sit\ [6ei)Tepog, second; >• . 

 the yolk of an egg]. In biology, a term applied by 

 Salenskj l. the nutritive vitellus of the eggs of stur- 

 geons ; it is homologous to the secondary vitellus 

 (Nebendotter) of osseous fishes. Cf. Prot 



Deutomala [du-to-ma' '-lah) [devrepoc, second; mala, 

 jaw]. In biology, a term applied by A. S. Packard, 

 Jr., to tlie second pair of mouth-appendages of the 

 Myriopoda, formerly called labium, but really homol- 

 ogous with the first maxillae of insects. 



Deutomerite (du-tom / -er-it) [Sevrepog, second ; f£pog, 

 a part]. In biology, the posterior segment of a two- 

 celled organism, as a gregarine, the anterior cell 

 being called the prototnerite, q. v. 



Deutoscolex (du-to-sko' -leks) [Sebrepoc, second ; 

 Gnu//,;, worm]. In biology, applied to secondary or 

 daughter-cysts or bladder worm- that are derived Irom 

 a scolex or primary bladder-worm. 



Deutospermoblast {du-to-sper* '-mo-blast) [<V , - 

 second; ottep/m, sperm; fiXaoTbg, germ]. Anyone 

 of the cells produced by the division of a protosper- 

 iii' 'blast. 



Deutoxid (du-toks* '-id) [dcirepoc, second ; bl-vg, sharp]. 

 See Diuxid. 



Devalgate (de-val' '-gat) \_de, intensive ; valgus, bowleg]. 

 Bowlegged or bandylegged. 



Development [de-vel' -op-ment) [Fr. , developper, to 

 unfold]. The sequence of organic changes, by which 

 the vitalized ovum becomes the mature animal or plant. 



Deventer's Diameter. The oblique diameter of the 

 pelvis. D.'s Method. See Treatment, Methods of. 



Devergie's Disease. See Diseases, '1 able of. 



Deviation (de-ve-a 1 '-shun) \deviare, to deviate]. Turn- 

 ing from a regular course, standard, or position. D., 

 Conjugate, the forced and persistent turning of eyes 

 and head toward one side, observed with si rnie lesions of 

 the cerebrum. D., Primary, the deviation ofthe weaker 

 eye from that position that would make its visual 

 line pass through the object-point of the healthy eye. 

 D., Secondary, the deviation of the healthy eye from 

 that position that would make its visual line pass 

 through the object-point of the weaker eye. D. of 

 Teeth, a faulty direction or position of one or more 

 teeth. 



Devitalization [de-vi-tal-iz-a' -shun) \de priv.; vita, 

 life]. Depriving of life or vitality. D. of Dental 

 Pulp. See Dental Pulp, Devitalization of . 



Devitalize {de-vi' ' -tal-iz) [de, from ; vita, life]. To de- 

 stroy vitality, as that of living tissue. 



Devonshire Colic (dev'-on-sher kol'-ik). See Lead- 

 < olic. 



De Vries' Theory of " Intracellular Pangenesis." 

 See Heredity. 



Devys' Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Dew's Method. See Artificial Respiration. 



Dew (du) [AS., deSw, dew]. The water deposited 

 during the night from the atmosphere by the process 

 condensation. D. -claw, tin- aborted hallux of a 

 domestic dog, or tin- false hoof of an ungulate. D.- 

 point, the point at which the air cannot take up more 

 vapor at tin- existing temperature, or loses a portion 

 of its vapor by condensation if the temperature be 

 but slightly reduced. 



