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Voter's (Illus. Diet.). D. vesicae, a false diverticu- 

 lum of the urinary bladder. 



Doaia. The vernacular name in India for trypanoso- 

 miasis. 



Dochmiasis, Dochmiosis (dok-mi'-a-sis, dok-mi-o'- 

 sis). See Uncinariasis. 



Docimasia. (See Illus. Diet.) D. circulationis, a 

 postmortem investigation of the organs of circulation 

 in a newborn child to ascertain if it was born alive. 

 D. gastrointestinalis. See Breslau's test, under 

 Birth (Illus. Diet.). D. haematopulmonaris, D. 

 pulmonum statica. See Ploucquef s test, under Birth 

 (Illus. Diet.). D. hepatica, the test for glycogen 

 and sugar in the liver. D. hepatis, a test of live- 

 birth based on the theory that the weight of the liver 

 is greatly decreased after respiration, due to suppression 

 of the blood-supply from the umbilical vein. D. 

 hydrostatica, D. pulmonum hydrostatica. See 

 Hydrostatic test, under Birth (Illus. Diet.). D. pul- 

 monalis, D. pulmonaris. See D. pulmonum (Illus. 

 Diet.). D. pulmonum Danieli, in medical juris- 

 prudence, an attempted method of testing live-birth by 

 measurement of the chest. 



Docimasiology (dos-im-a-se-ol' '-o-je) [docimasia ; 7.6yog, 

 science]. The art or science of investigation, embrac- 

 ing medicine, surgery, chemistry, etc. 



Docimaster (dos-im-as' -tur). An examiner or tester. 



Doctrine. (See Illus. Diet.) D. of Coction. See 

 under Coction. D. of Infarctus. See under Infarc- 

 tns. D. of Irritability, Glisson's. See under Irri- 

 tability. D. of Similia Similibus Curentur. See 

 under Similia. D. of Vitalism, Borden's. See 

 under Vitalism. 



Dog-surra [dog-sur'-ali). Trypanosomiasis in dogs. 



Dolichocephalus (dol-ik-o-sef'-al-us) [Aolixoc, long; 

 Ke<f>a?i/, head]. A skull having a relatively long 

 anteroposterior diameter; a skull-formation resulting 

 from the too rapid ossification of the longitudinal suture. 

 The varieties are leptocephalus ; sphenoceplialus (see 

 Illus. Diet.), and clinocephalus. D. simplex, that 

 occurring through synostosis of the sagittal suture. 



Dolichochamaecephalus (dol i/c-o-ham-e-sef'-al-us) 

 [Ao?ux6<;, long ; xa/idi, on the ground ; Kutya'A?/, head]. 

 Applied to a skull which is characterized by both doli- 

 chocephalia and chamecephaly. 



Dolichocnemic, Dolichoknemic (dol-ik-o-ne'-mik) 

 [(So't.tx'k, long; Kvi/fz?/, a leg]. Having the leg of 

 almost the same length as that of the thigh. 



Dolichoderus (dol-ih-od'-ur-us) [iW/uxoc, long ; rV/;?/, 

 the neck]. Having the neck long. 



Dolichoeuromesocephalus (dol-ik-o-u-i-o-mez-o-sef'- 

 al-us) [ih'/.ixoc, long ; tl:pvc, broad ; ueooc, middle ; 

 KityaYii, head]. Having a dolichocephalic skull which 

 is broad in the temporal region. 



Dolichoeuroopisthocephalus (dol-ik-o-u-ro-o-pis-tho- 

 sef f -al-us) [oo/ixoc, long ; evpvc, broad ; b-totk, be- 

 hind ; Kfijta'/i/, the head]. Having a dolichocephalic 

 skull, broad in the occipital region. 



Dolichoeuroprocephalus (dol-ik-o-u-ro-pro-sef'-al-us) 

 \po'n\i)e, long; t'vjtre, broad; tt/>6, before; Kixm'/i/, 

 the head]. Having a dolichocephalic skull very broad 

 in the frontal region. 



Dolichofacial [dol-ik-o fa'-shal). With a long face. 



Dolichokerkic {dol-ik-o-ktrk f -ik)[6oh \i„-, long ; tcspitlf, a 

 shuttle]. Having the angle which is formed by the crest 

 of the scapula with ils spinal border over 80 degrees. 



Dolicholeptocephalus {dol-iko-lp-to-sef'-al-us) [do//- 

 X<k, long ; leptocephalus]. Having a skull both doli- 

 chocephalic and Icptocephalic. 



Dolichoplatycephalus (dol-ik-o-plat-e-se^-al-us) \idkx- 

 X6g, long; platytephalus]. Having the skull both 

 long and flat. 



Dolichorrhine (dol'-ik-or-en) [Jo/jjoc, long; pic, the 

 nose]. Long-nosed. 



Dolichouranic [dol-ik-o-u-ran? -ik") [ch/dxog, long; 

 ovpavoi-, the palate]. Having a long alveolar arch. 

 Cf. Brachyuranic ; Mesuranic. 



Dolioform (dol'-e-o-form) [dolium, a cask; forma, 

 form]. Cask-shaped. 



Dolomia (dol-cZ-me-ah) [de Dolomieu, a French geolo- 

 gist (1750-1801 )]. A compound of the carbonates of 

 calcium and magnesium. Syn., Dolomite. 



Dolomol (dol'-o-mol). Stearate of calcium and mag- 

 nesium ; it is used as a base for dusting-powders, etc. 



Dolor. (See Illus. Diet.) Dolores ad partum, labor 

 pains during the expulsive stage. D. ani, proctalgia. 

 D. atrox, violent, excessive pain. Dolores conquas- 

 santes, the labor pains which accomplish the expul- 

 sion of the head. D. faciei, D. faciei crucians, D. 

 fothergillii. See Prosopalgia (Illus. Diet.). D. 

 glandularum, adenalgia, D. ischiadicus, sciatica. 

 D. lateris, pleurodynia. D. nephriticus, nephralgia. 

 Dolores osteocopi, the boring, nocturnal pains in the 

 bones due to syphilis. Syn., Osteocopic pains ; Dolores 

 terebrantes. Dolores parturientium, Dolores par- 

 tus, labor pains. D. pectoris, pleurodynia. Dolores 

 post partum, after-pains. Dolores prseparantes. 

 See Dolores preesagietttes (Illus. Diet.). Dolores puer- 

 perarum. See Bains, After- (Illus. Diet.). Dolores 

 rodentes, gnawing pains. Dolores sanguinolenti, 

 the labor pains of the placental stage. D. stupidus, 

 a dull pain. D. terebrans, a boring pain. 



Dominus morborum [dom' -in-us mor-bor'-tim). The 

 lord of diseases ; gout. 



Donders' Schema. An arrangement of the dead thorax 

 with manometers to gauge the pressure. 



Dormiol (dor'-me-ol'). The commercial name for amy- 

 lene chloral ; recommended as a soporific. Dose, 7^- 

 45 gi\ (0.5-2 gm.). 



Dormitio (dor-me / -she-oh) [L.], I. Sleep. 2. A seda- 

 tive said to consist of dilute alcohol, oil of anise, ex- 

 tract of lettuce, and sugar. 



Dorsalis (dor-sa'-lis) [dorsum, the back]. See Arte- 

 ries, Muscles, Nerves, Veins, Tables of (Illus. Diet.). 



Dorsicolumn [dor-se-koi' '-urn) \_dorsum, the back . 

 umna, a column]. The dorsal column of the spinal cord. 



Dorsicommissura (dor-se-kom-is-u'-rah) [dorsum, the 

 back ; commissure']. Wilder's name for the gray com- 

 missure of the spinal cord. 



Dorsiduction {dorse-dub* -shun) [dorsum, the back ; 

 ducere, to lead]. The act of moving toward the back. 



Dorsiflexion (dor-se-flek'-shun) [dorsum, the back ;//<<- 

 tere, to bend]. A flexion, as of toes, toward the back. 



Dorsispinalis (dor-se-spi-na'-lis) [dorsum, the back ; 

 spina, the spine]. I. Relating to the back and the 

 spinal column. 2. See Spinalis dorsi, in Table of 

 Muscles (Illus. Diet.). In the plural, Dorsispinales, 

 the dorsal spinal veins. 



Dorsiventral (dor-se-ven'-tral). See Dorsoalntominal. 



Dorsoabdominal (dor-so-ab-dom'-in-al ') [dorsum, the 

 back; abdomen]. Relating to both the dorsal and ab- 

 dominal regions ; extending from the back to the ab- 

 domen. Syn., Dorsiventral. 



Dorsoacromial (dor-so-ak'-ro-me-al). Relating In the 

 back and the acromion. 



Dorsoanterior (dor-so-an-le 1 '- re-or). Applied to a lelus 

 having its back toward the ventral aspect of the 

 mother, 



Dorsocervical (aor-so-sur'-7'ik-al). Relating to the 

 back and the neck. 



Dorsocostal (dor-so-kos'-tal). Relating to the back and 

 the ribs. 



Dorsohumeral (dor- soli u'-mur-al). Relating to the 

 back and the humerus. 



