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- Dietary Reference Intakes
- A set of guidelines developed by U.S. and Canadian scientists...
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- dietary supplement
- A product that is added to the diet. A dietary...
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- diethyldithiocarbamate
- A sulfhydryl-containing carbamate that is the primary in vivo metabolite...
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- diethylstilbestrol
- DES; the acronym for diethylstilbestrol, a synthetic, nonsteroidal form of...
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- dietitian
- A health professional with special training in nutrition who can...
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- differentiation
- In cancer, refers to how mature (developed) the cancer cells...
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- Difflam
- (Other name for: benzydamine hydrochloride)
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- diffuse
- Widely spread; not localized or confined.
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- diffuse hyperplastic perilobar nephroblastomatosis
- A childhood condition in which abnormal tissue grows on the...
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- diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
- A type of central nervous system tumor that forms from...
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- diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
- A type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (cancer of the immune...
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- Diflucan
- (Other name for: fluconazole)
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- difluoromethylornithine
- A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer. Also...
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- digestion
- The process of breaking down food into substances the body...
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- digestive system
- The organs that take in food and turn it into...
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- digestive tract
- The organs through which food and liquids pass when they...
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- digital image analysis
- A method in which an image or other type of...
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- digitalis
- A substance used to make drugs that are used to...
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- digital mammography
- The use of a computer, rather than x-ray film, to...
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- digital photography
- A type of photography in which images can be viewed...
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- digital rectal examination
- An examination in which a doctor inserts a lubricated, gloved...
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- digoxin
- A cardiac glycoside. Digoxin inhibits the sodium potassium adenosine triphosphatase...
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- dihematoporphyrin ether
- Used in photodynamic therapy, a drug that is absorbed by...
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- dihydro-5-azacytidine
- A synthetic nucleoside analogue of deoxycytidine. Dihydro-5-azacytidine inhibits DNA methyltransferase,...
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- dihydrolenperone
- A butyrophenone that has been investigated for antineoplastic activity.