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demodex folliculorum, d&ntftid-Zfa 



f6l-li-uldr f -um (Gr. demos, fat ; 

 dex, a worm that devours wood ; 

 L. folliculus, skin, follicle, fol- 

 liculorum, of skins), the worm- 

 like parasite found in the hair 

 follicles of the human skin, especi- 

 ally those on the side of the 

 nose. 



demulcent, a., de-muls'ent (L. 

 demulcens, stroking down from 

 de, down ; mulcens, soothing 

 gently), softening ; mollifying : 

 n., a medicine which softens or 

 mollifies. 



dendriform, .a., dend'riform (Gr. 

 dendron, a tree ; L. forma, shape), 

 also dendroid, a., d^nd^royd (Gr. 

 dendron, a tree ; eidos, resem- 

 blance), and dendritic, dend-rit'-ik, 

 branched like a tree ; arborescent. 



Dendrobium, n., d^nd-rob'-i-um 

 (Gr. dendron, a tree ; bios, life), 

 a splendid genus of orchidaceous 

 plants, Ord. Orchidacese, the 

 species being generally found upon 

 trees in the places of their natural 

 growth : Dendrobium nobile, 

 ndb'-tl-V (L. nobtlis, famous) ; D. 

 chrysanthum, kris-dntUum (Gr. 

 chrusos, gold; anthos, a flower) ; 

 D. Gibsoni, gib-son'-i (Gibsoni, of 

 Gibson) ; D. fimbriatum, fim'- 

 brl-dt f >um (L. fimbriatum, fringed 

 from fimbrice, fibres, threads) ; 

 D. densifloruni, dens f -i-Jldr^um 

 (L. densus, thick, dense ; Jlorum, 

 shining, bright), are a few species 

 unsurpassed in the beauty of their 

 flowers. 



dengue, n. , deng'gd (in the British 

 West Indian Islands, this disease 

 was called dandy, in reference to 

 the stiffness and restraint it gave 

 to the limbs, afterwards translated 

 by the Spaniards into their dangue, 

 meaning prudery, fastidiousness, 

 from its similarity of sound), 

 a violent and singular form of 

 fever and rheumatism which is 

 an occasional epidemic in tropical 

 regions. 



dens prolifer, dens prol'-if-er (L. 



dens, a tooth ; proles, offspring ; 

 fero, I bear), a tooth growing 

 apparently on a parent tooth : 

 dens sapientise, sdp'-i-en'-shi-e (L. 

 sapientia, wisdom, sapientice, of 

 wisdom), the tooth of wisdom, or 

 the wisdom tooth, the last molar 

 in each range of teeth, so called 

 from its late appearance through 

 the gums. 



dentate, a., dZnt'-at (L. dentdtus, 

 having teeth from dens, a tooth), 

 in bot., toothed ; having short 

 triangular divisions of the margin: 

 denticulate, a., d&nt-iTtf-ul-at (L. 

 denticuldtus, furnished with small 

 teeth), having very small tooth- 

 like projections along the margin: 

 denticulations, n. plu., dlnt-ik'- 

 ul-a-shuns, very small teeth. 



dentine, n., dent f >in (L. dens, a 

 tooth, dentis, of a tooth), the 

 principal mass or foundation of 

 the body and root of a tooth, 

 resembling very compact bone, 

 though not identical with it in 

 structure. 



dentirosters, n. plu., dent'i-rdst'- 

 ers, or dentirostres, n. plu., 

 -rost'-rez (L. dens, a tooth, dentis, 

 of a tooth ; rostrum, a beak), the 

 group of perching birds in which 

 the upper mandible of the beak 

 has its lower margin toothed 

 dentirostrate, a., dent'i-rdsf-rdt, 

 having the beak like a tooth. 



denudate, a., dZn'-ud-GA (L. denud- 

 dtum, to lay bare, to make naked 

 from de, down; nudus, naked), 

 in bot., having a downy or hairy 

 surface made naked: denudation, 

 n., den f -ud>a f >shtin, the act or 

 state of being laid bare or made 

 naked. 



deobstruent, n., de'tib'-siroo-^nt (L. 

 de, down ; obstruens, building 

 anything for the purpose of 

 stopping the way, gen. obstru- 

 entis], any medicine supposed to 

 be able to remove an obstruction 

 in a part of the body, such as 

 enlargements, tumours, etc. 



deodorant, n., dt-od'-or-dnt (L. 



