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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
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dewlap
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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
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When applied to a person, it is not a compliment.
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Dextranase is an enzyme that hydrolyses dextran.
dextran
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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.
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dharma
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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
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diaconate
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5LL(Ec) diaconatus6
1 the rank, office, or tenure of a deacon
2 a group or board of deacons
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dialysis
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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
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diaphoretic
adj.
5ME diaforetic < LL diaphoreticus: see prec.6 producing or increasing perspiration
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a diaphoretic medicine, treatment, etc.
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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?"
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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
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diatessaron
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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
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