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Dalkinza

A hepatitis C drug combined with sofosbuvir used to treat hepatitis C

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Dancing Mania

Dancing plague A form of convulsions, which has appeared, at various times, epidemically under the form of St Vitus's dance, St John's dance, Tarantism, Hysteria, Tigretier (in Abyssinia), and disease...

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Dancing Plague

St Vitus' Dance; Dancing plague A form of convulsions, which has appeared, at various times

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Day Fever

Fever that is apparent in daytime (Most fevers come in the evening or night) Day fevers are generally acute

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Debility

Frailty or Decay of Nature or Weakness or Senility; The quality or state of being senile; specifically : the physical and mental infirmity of old age

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Debride

Removal of dirt and dead tissues from a wound

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Debridement

Surgical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue, or some foreign material from a wound or burn

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Decay

The lay term for carious lesions in a tooth; decomposition of tooth structure

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Deciduous

Having the property of falling off or shedding; a term used to describe the primary teeth

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Deciduous Teeth 

Also known as baby or primary teeth

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Deciduous Dentition

Refers to the deciduous or primary teeth in the dental arch

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Decline

Tabes A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline --Dunglison

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Decompensated Cirrhosis

A failure of the liver to compensate for damage or injury; decrease or breakdown of liver function

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Decompression Sickness

Aeroemphysema or bends or Screws; the formation of gas bubbles in the body’s tissues as a result of a scuba diver ascending too quickly from depth

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Decompression sickness

Divers' disease or the bends or aerobullosis or caisson disease describes a condition arising from dissolved gases coming out of solution into bubbles inside the body on depressurisation.

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Decrepitude / Decrepitus

The quality or condition of being weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use

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Decubitus

Lying down; assuming the horizontal posture Also bedsore

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Decubitus Ulcer

A decubitus ulcer is a bedsore which is caused by pressure over bony areas The most common sites for decubitus to occur are the hips, elbows and heels

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Decumbiture

Confinement to a sick bed, or time of taking to one's bed from sickness -Boyle

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Deep

Farther from the surface(Internal)

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Deep Sedation

A drug-induced depression of consciousness during which patients cannot be easily aroused but respond purposefully following repeated or painful stimulation

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Deep-Vein Thrombosis

The formation of a blood clot inside of a deep-lying vein, usually in the legs

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Defecation

The passing of feces out of the body through the anus; a bowel movement

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Defibrillation

A short electric shock to the chest to normalize an irregular heartbeat

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Deficiency

Disease resulting from a lack of vitamins or minerals in the diet or a failure to absorb vitamins or minerals from food

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Definitive Prosthesis

Prosthesis to be used over an extended period of time

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Deformity

An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed

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Degeneration

Deterioration of tissue

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Degenerative Arthritis

The breakdown of the cartilage lining the bones in joints, usually weight-bearing joints (such as the knee); causes stiffness and pain (also called osteoarthritis)

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Dehydrated

Suffering from excessive loss of water from the body; fever resulted from becoming dehydrated

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Dehydration

Excessive, dangerous loss of water from the body

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Delhi Boil

A cutaneous disease of obscure character occurring in India Also called: Delhi sore, Oriental sore, Scinde boil, Lahore boil, Moultan sore,

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Delirium

A state of mental confusion, typically acute and rapid in onset that may be caused by factors including disease, drug use, or high fever

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Delirium / Delirious

A temporary disorder of the mental faculties

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