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Dock (dok). See Rutnex. 



Dockmackamus, or Dockmackie (dok-mak' '-am-us , or 

 dok' -mak-e) [aboriginal] . The shrub Viburnum acer- 

 ifolium, of N. America ; used in domestic practice in 

 poulticing tumors, and as an alterative. Unof. 



Doctor (dok' -tor) [doctor, a teacher]. A teacher. A 

 title conferred by a university or college. A physician 

 licensed to practise medicine. D. Gum, the resin of 

 Rhus metopiitm , a poisonous sumach of tropical Amer- 

 ica ; it is said to be purgative and alterative. The name 

 is given in the W. Indies to various other soft resins. 



Dodecadactylitis (do - dek - a - dak - til- i'-tis) [dudeta, 

 twelve; SanTvloq, a finger ; trie,, inflammation]. In- 

 flammation of the duodenum. 



Dodecadactylon, or Dodecadactylus (do-dek-a-dak' - 

 til-on, or -us) [dudem, twelve ; danrvXoc, finger]. The 

 duodenum. 



Dodecagynous (do-dek-aj' -in-us) [duchm, twelve ; 

 ywr], a female]. In biology, having twelve pistils. 



Dodecamerous (do-dek-am' -er-us) [ficddena, twelve ; 

 fiepoc, part]. In biology, having the floral organs in 

 twelves. 



Dodecandrous [do-dek-an' -drus) [^wJe/ca, twelve ; 

 avrjp (avSp-), a male]. In biology, having twelve 

 stamens. 



Dodecapetalous (do-dek-a-pet' -al-us) [fiudma, twelve ; 

 ir£ra?.ov, a leaf]. In biology, having a corolla con- 

 sisting of twelve petals. 



Doderlein, Bacillus of. See Bacteria, Synonymatic 

 Table of. 



Dodging Time. The popular term among women for 

 the period of irregular menstruation of varying dura- 

 tion preceding the full establishment of the menopause. 



Dog-button. See Nux vomica. 



Dogma (dog'-mah) [doyfia, opinion; doneEiv, to think]. 

 A tenet or principle taught by authority. A state- 

 ment of medical science. 



Dog-rose (dog'-roz). See Rosa canina. 



Dogwood (dog'-wood). See Cornus. 



Dohrn's Method. A method of dressing the umbilical 

 cord. The stump is covered with cotton-wool fixed 

 with stumps of adhesive plaster. This dressing is 

 likely to be followed by umbilical ulceration. 



Dolabra (do-la' -br ah) [L.]. A name applied to 

 various bandages. D. currens. See Ascia. D. 

 repens. See Ascia. 



Dolabriform (do-lab' -rif-orni) \_dolabra, a kind of 

 hatchet ; forma, shape]. In biology, shaped like an axe. 



Dolbeau's Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Doliariin (do-le-a'-re-in) [dolium, a cask]. A vegetable 

 pepsin, like papain and cradin, obtained from Ficus 

 doliaria, a wild fig-tree of Brazil. It is vermifuge, 

 purgative, and digestive. Unof. 



Doli capax (tio'-li ka'-paks) [L. : pi. , DM capaces~\. In 

 legal medicine, one capable of guilt ; one able or old 

 enough to distinguish right and wrong ; one morally 

 or legally responsible. D. incapax, one incapable, or 

 not old enough to distinguish wrong from right, or to 

 be legally responsible for wrong-doing. 



Dolichocephalia (dol-ik-o-sef-a' -le-ah) [ch?nx6g, long ; 

 aeibah'/, head] . The condition of being dolichocephalic. 



Dolichocephalic, or Dolichocephalous (dol-ik-o-sef- 

 al'-ik, or -sef '-al-us) [Soh,^6r, long; Kc6a2,ij, head]. 

 Having a relatively long antero-posterior cephalic 

 diameter (applied to skulls or to persons or races). 

 See Index. 



Dolichohieric (dol-ik-o-hi-er'-ik) [fiokix^c, long ; lepdv, 

 sacrum]. Having a relatively slender sacrum. See 

 Platyhieric. 



Dolichopellic (dol-ik-o-pel'-ik) [ifo7ux6c, long ; niXXa, 

 a bowl]. Having a relatively long or narrow pelvis. 

 See Platypellic. 



Dolor (do' -lor) [dolere, to feel pain]. Bodily or mental 

 pain or suffering. D. colicus. Synonym of Enter- 

 algia. D. dentium, pain in the teeth. See Odon- 

 talgia. Dolores praesagientes, precursory pains 

 felt by women in advance of labor. 



Domatophobia (do-mat-o-fo' -be-ah) [dti/ua, house ; 

 <p6ihc, fear]. Insane dread of being in a house ; a 

 variety of claustrophobia. 



Donath's Tests. See. Tests, Table of. D. and Mayr- 

 hofer's Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Donda Ndugu [African]. Brother Ulcer; a disease 

 common on the east coast of Africa, due to some 

 minute organism that infests stagnant water and enters 

 an abraded joint of the lower extremities, especially 

 of the lower third of the leg. The part becomes 

 swollen, and a deep-seated slough occurs that burrows 

 beneath the healthy tissues. Death may follow from 

 exhaustion or hemorrhage. Those who recover are 

 generally permanently lamed. 



Donders' Glaucoma. See Diseases, Table of. D. 

 Law. See Lata. D. Schematic Eye, in optics, a 

 device for calculating the path of the rays from one 

 refracting surface to the other. D. Theory, a theory 

 of the formation of glaucoma, in which the disease is 

 supposed to originate in an irritation of the choroid 

 nerves. 



Donegana's Operation. See Operations, Table of. 



Donne's Corpuscles, or Globules. See Globule and 

 Colostrum Corpuscles. D. Test. See Tests, Table of. 



Donovan's Solution. See Arsenic. 



Doornick's Horizontal Line. See Line. 



Dorcadizant (dor-kad'-iz-ant ) [dopnadii-av, to leap like 

 a gazelle ; (hpmq, gazelle]. Leaping; characterized 

 by leaps ; applied to certain forms of insanity. 



Doremus's Method. A method of estimating the 

 amount of urea in the urine. It is clone by allowing 

 the urine to pass through a solution of sodium hypo- 

 bromite and measuring the gas that is evolved. 



Dorsad (dor' -sad) [dorsum, the back]. Toward the 

 dorsal aspect ; dorsally. See Position and Direction, 

 Table of. 



Dorsal (dor' -sal) [dorsum, the back]. Pertaining to 

 the back, or to the posterior part of an organ. The 

 term Neural is sometimes used in place of dorsal. 

 See Position and Direction, Table of . D. Artery. See 

 Artery. D. Decubitus, recumbency in the supine 

 position. D. -elevated Position. See Postures, 

 Table of. D. Nerves. See Nerves, Table of. D.- 

 recumbent Position. See Postures, Table of. D. 

 Reflex. See Reflexes, Table of. D. semi-recumb- 

 ent Posture. See Postures, Table of. 



Dorsalis pedis (dor-sa'-lis pe'-dis). See Arteries, 

 Table of. 



Dorsen (dor' -sen) [dorsum, the back]. Belonging to 

 the dorsum in itself. 



Dorsicollar (dor-se-kol'-ar) [dorsum, the back ; coll um, 

 the neck]. In biology, having to do with the back 

 and neck. 



Dorsicumbent (dor-se-kum'-bent ) [dorsum, the back ; 

 cithare, to lie down]. In biology, supine ; or lying 

 upon the back. 



Dorsigerous (dor-si j' -er-us) [dorsum, the back; gcrcrc, 

 to carry]. In biology, bearing the young upon the 

 back. 



Dorsigrade (dor'-sig-rad) [dorsum, the back ; gradi, 

 to walk]. In biology, applied to animals thai walk 

 upon the back of the toes, as the armadillo. 



Dorsi-lumbar (dor-si-lum'-bar). See Dorso-luinbar. 



Dorsimesad (dor-si-me'-sad) [dorsum, back ; tdoov, 

 the middle]. Toward the dorsimeson. See Position 

 and Directum, Table of. 



Dorsimesal [dor si-me'-sa!) [dorsum, back ; pkoov, the 



