devise
vt., vi.
3vised$, 3vis4ing 5ME devisen < OFr deviser, to distribute, direct, regulate, talk < VL *divisare < L divisus, pp. of dividere: see DIVIDE6
1 to work out or create (something) by thinking; contrive; plan; invent
2 Law to bequeath (real property) by will
3 [Archaic] to make secret plans for; plot
4 [Obs.] to guess or imagine
n.
Law
1 a gift of real property by will
2 a will, or clause in a will, granting such a gift
3 the property so granted
devis4a[ble
adj.
de[vis$er
n.
dewlap
n.
5ME dewlappe: see DEW & LAP16a loose fold of skin hanging from the throat of cattle and certain other animals, or a similar loose fold under the chin of a person
dew4lapped# 73lapt#8
adj.
When applied to a person, it is not a compliment.
Dextranase is an enzyme that hydrolyses dextran.
dextran
n.
5DEXTR3 + 3AN6 a chainlike polymer of glucose produced by certain strains of bacteria acting on sucrose, as in sugar-refinery tanks, in various fermentation processes, or in the formation of dental plaque: it is used as a substitute or expander for blood plasma, in confections, etc.
dharma
n.
5Sans, law, custom < IE base *dher3, to hold, support > L firmus, OHG tarnen, to conceal6 Hinduism, Buddhism
1 cosmic order or law, including the natural and moral principles that apply to all beings and things
2 dutiful observance of this law in one‘s life; right conduct
diaconate
n.
5LL(Ec) diaconatus6
1 the rank, office, or tenure of a deacon
2 a group or board of deacons
dialysis
n.,
pl. 3ses# 73scz#8 5L < Gr, separation, dissolution < dialyein, to separate, dissolve < dia3, apart + lyein, LOOSE6 the separation of dissolved substances, as crystalloids, from colloids in solution by the greater diffusibility of the dissolved molecules through a semipermeable membrane: used as in the mechanical elimination of impurities from the blood during kidney failure
di[a[lyt[ic 7dj#! lit4ik8
adj.
di#a[lyt$i[cal[ly
adv.
diaphoretic
adj.
5ME diaforetic < LL diaphoreticus: see prec.6 producing or increasing perspiration
n.
a diaphoretic medicine, treatment, etc.
In taking blood pressure, the cuff around the arm is inflated until it squeezes tightly enough
to prevent any blood from passing through the artery under it. As the pressure in the cuff is
allowed to drop slowly, at the height of the heart's contraction a small amount of blood can
get through, and is heard as a tapping sound. This is recorded as the systolic blood pressure.
As the pressure in the cuff is allowed to drop further, the sounds change and then die away.
The pressure at which the sounds change rapidly just before dying away is called the diastolic
blood pressure. Different observers will report slightly differiong val;ues for this.
One of the professors of medicine told us of giving a lecture at a county medical society in
western Massachusetts. After the lecture, an elderly member asked him in a patron;izing tone"
"Young man, your talk was in the main quite interesting. But what was this systole and diastole
you kept mentioning?"
diastrophism
n.
5< Gr diastrophc, distortion < diastrephein, to turn aside, distort < dia3, aside + strephein, to turn (see STROPHE) + 3ISM6
1 the process by which the earth‘s surface is reshaped through rock movements and displacements
2 formations so made
di[a[stroph[ic 7dj#! str9f4ik8
adj.
diatessaron
n.
5L(Ec) < Gr(Ec) (Evangelion) dia tessarbn, lit., (Gospel) through four, title of Tatian‘s harmony of four Gospels (2d c.) < Gr dia, through + tessarbn, gen. of tessares, four < IE base *kwetwer3, FOUR6 the four Gospels combined into a single account
rhagades = from late congenital syphilis = pruneface
Late Congenital Syphilis
Patients may have any one of the following findings: Hutchinson's teeth
(only permanent teeth are affected)--notching of teeth, with widely
spaced, peg-shaped teeth. The two front teeth can be shaped like
screwdrivers. Interstitial Keratitis--inflammation of the cornea; may lead
to scarring. Clutton's joints--hydrarthrosis of the knee, causing bilateral
degeneration. Mulberry Molar--abnormality in cusp and enamel
formation. Rhagades--abnormal fine pattern of scarring in the lower part
of the face in people who had snuffles and were not treated. The
invasion of Treponema undermines the development of soft tissue. Sabre
shin (convex bowing of the tibia) and saddle nose from osteochondritis
and perichondritis.
Rhagades
Isn't he some important character in Verdi's Aida?
Or maybe I was thinking of Ann and Andy, those two old cloth dolls with the red hair.