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initialism - Doctor of Dental Surgery. (medical)
- Direct Digital Synthesis. (electronics)
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| decongestant |
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noun
- A drug that relieves congestion, e.g. pseudoephedrine.
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| demulcent |
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noun - (medicine) A soothing medication used to relieve pain in inflamed tissues
adjective
- soothing or softening
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| deoxycorticosterone |
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noun
- (steroid hormone) A steroid hormone, produced in the adrenal cortex; sometimes manufactured synthetically for use in cases of adrenal insufficiency.
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| desipramine |
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noun
- A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression.
category:Pharmaceutical drugs
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| dextroamphetamine |
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noun
- (pharmaceutical drug) One of the stereoisomers of amphetamine; used to stimulate the central nervous system.
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| diacetylmorphine |
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noun
- (pharmaceutical drug) Chemical name for heroin.
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| digestive |
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noun
- a substance that aids digestion
adjective
- of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
- having the power to cause or promote digestion
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| digitalis |
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noun (digitales)
- A genus of herbaceous shrubs of the Scrophulariaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea.
- A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.
- 2001: The ancient remedy , extracted from the foxglove plant, for example, acts by blocking sodium channels in heart muscle, preventing potentially dangerous overactivity. " Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 25)
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| dispense |
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verb (dispenses, dispensing, dispensed, dispensed)
- To issue, distribute, or put out.
- The vending machine dispensed the coffee before the cup.
- To eliminate or do without.
- I wish he would with the pleasantries and get to the point.
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| diuretic |
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noun
- A drug that increases the rate of urine excretion.
adjective
- Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.
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| Don |
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proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given name Donald or Gordon.
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| dopamine |
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noun
- (neurotransmitter) A neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning, and the brain's pleasure and reward system.
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| dosage |
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noun
- The administration of a drug etc, in a measured amount; dosing
- The addition of a small measured amount of a substance to something e.g. sugar to wine
- The measured amount so administered or added; the dose
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| dose |
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noun
- A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
- The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation) administered at any one time.
verb (dos, ing)
- To administer a dose
- To prescribe a dose
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| doxycycline |
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noun
- a tetracycline antibiotic used to treat a variety of infections
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| drug |
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noun
- (pharmacology) Substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
- (pharmacology) A substance, often addictive, which affects the central nervous system.
- A chemical or substance, not necessarily for medical purposes, that alters the way the mind or body works.
- A drug, especially illegal, taken for recreational use.
- 1971: We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. " Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005, p. 3)
verb (drug, g, ed)
- (transitive) To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.
- She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized she'd been drugged.
- (transitive) To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.
- She suddenly felt strange. She realized her drink must have been drugged.
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