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MedTerms Medical Dictionary A-Z List - D: Detailed Datasheet
Medically reviewed by Min Clinic Staff | Updated: January 2026
Da-DeDf-DjDk-DoDp-DrDs-DuDv-Dz
DDa-De
- D & C
- D (domain)
- D and C
- d-
- D-dimer
- D-IBS
- D.O.
- Da Vinci, Leonardo
- Dacry-
- Dacryo-
- Dacryoadenitis
- Dacryocyst
- Dacryocystorhinostomy
- Dactyl-, -dactyl
- Dactyledema
- Dactylitis
- Daily Prayer of a Physician
- Daily Value
- Daltonism
- Dancing mania of Maracaibo
- Dander
- Danders
- Dandruff
- Dandy fever
- Dandy-Walker syndrome
- Danlos syndrome
- Dannie Abse
- Danon disease
- Darier disease
- Dark adaptometry
- Darwin, Charles
- DASH diet
- Data
- Date rape
- Date, expiration
- Daughter
- David-Stickler syndrome
- daw
- Day sight
- DBT
- DCIS
- DDH (developmental dislocation of the hip)
- de Lange syndrome
- de Musset sign
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis
- DEA
- Deafness
- Deafness and Communication Disorders, Institute
- Deafness and keratopachydermia
- Deafness with goiter
- Deafness, acquired
- Deafness, age-related
- Deafness, congenital
- Deafness, nonsyndromic
- Deafness-ichthyosis-keratitis syndrome
- Death
- Death rate
- Death rate, infant
- Death, black
- DEB (dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa)
- Debilitate
- Debride
- Debridement
- Debris flow injury
- Debulk
- Decease
- Decompress
- Decompression
- Decompression, biliary
- Decongestant
- Decortication
- Decubitus
- Decubitus ulcer
- Deep
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Deer mouse
- Deerfly fever
- Defecation syncope
- Defect, atrial septal (ASD)
- Defect, enzyme
- Defect, neural tube
- Defect, ventricular septal (VSD)
- Defensin
- Defensive medicine
- Defibrillation
- Defibrillator
- Defibrillator storm
- Defibrillator, automated external
- Defibrillator, implantable cardiac
- Deficiency, adenosine deaminase (ADA)
- Deficiency, alpha-1 antitrypsin
- Deficiency, alpha-galactosidase A
- Deficiency, ankyrin
- Deficiency, calcium
- Deficiency, ceruloplasmin
- Deficiency, FALDH
- Deficiency, FAO
- Deficiency, fatty alcohol: NAD oxidoreductase
- Deficiency, fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase
- Deficiency, GALT
- Deficiency, glucocerebrosidase
- Deficiency, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
- Deficiency, hex-A
- Deficiency, hexosaminidase A
- Deficiency, iron
- Deficiency, lactase
- Deficiency, LCHAD
- Deficiency, magnesium
- Deficiency, niacin
- Deficiency, phenylalanine hydroxylase
- Deficiency, protein C
- Deficiency, selenium
- Deficiency, sphingomyelinase
- Deficiency, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase
- Deficiency, UROD
- Deficiency, uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
- Deficiency, vitamin K
- Deficiency, zinc
- Deformation
- Deformity, cauliflower-ear
- Deformity, Klippel-Feil
- Degeneration, macular
- Degenerative arthritis
- Degenerative joint disease
- Deglutition
- Dehisce
- DEHP
- Dehydration
- Dehydroepiandrosterone
- Deinococcus radiodurans
- Deja vu
- Dejerine-Klumpke palsy
- Dejerine-Klumpke paralysis
- Delay, developmental
- Deletion
- Delirium
- Delirium tremens
- Delivery, breech
- Delivery, footling
- Delivery, vertex
- della Robbia
- Delta cell, pancreatic
- Delta-storage pool disease
- Deltoid
- Delusion
- Delusional jealousy
- Delusional parasitosis
- Demarcation
- Dementia
- Dementia complex, AIDS
- Dementia, hereditary multi-infarct
- Dementia, MELAS
- Dementia, multi-infarct
- Dementia, vascular
- Demonophobia
- Demulcent
- Demyelination
- Dendrite
- Dendritic
- Dendritic cell
- Denervate
- Denervation
- Dengue
- Dengue fever
- Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
- Dengue shock syndrome
- Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Inst.
- Dental Association, American (ADA)
- Dental braces (orthodontics)
- Dental drill
- Dental impaction
- Dental pain (toothache)
- Dentin
- Denture
- Denver Developmental Screening Test
- Deoxyhemoglobin
- Deoxyribonucleic acid
- Department of Energy (DOE).
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Depigmentation
- Depo-Provera contraceptive
- Depression
- Depression, agitated
- Depression, bipolar
- Depression, dysthymia
- Depression, major
- Depression, winter
- Dercum disease
- Dermabrasion
- Dermal
- Dermatan sulfate
- Dermatitis
- Dermatitis and diarrhea, zinc deficiency
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Dermatitis, atopic
- Dermatitis, stasis
- Dermatofibroma
- Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
- Dermatoglyphic
- Dermatoglyphics
- Dermatographism
- Dermatologic
- Dermatologist
- Dermatology
- Dermatome
- Dermatomyositis
- Dermatopathy
- Dermatophytic onychomycosis
- Dermatoscopy
- Dermatosis
- Dermicidin
- Dermis
- Dermoid
- Dermoid cyst of the ovary
- Dermopathy
- Dermopathy, diabetic
- DES
- Descending aorta
- Descending pathway
- Desensitization, allergy
- Desert fever
- Desiccate
- Designer estrogen
- Designer steroid
- Desmoid tumor
- Desmoplasia
- Desmoplastic
- Desmoplastic reaction
- Desquamate
- Desquamation
- Detox
- Detoxify
- Deuteranomaly
- Deuteranopia
- Deuterium
- Development
- Development, Human, . . . (NICHD)
- Developmental delay
- Developmental dislocation of the hip (DDH)
- Developmental disorder
- Developmental disorder, specific
- Developmental dyspraxia
- Deviated septum
- Deviation of the nasal septum
- Device, assistive
- Device, medical
- DEXA
- Dextro-
- Dextrocardia
- Dextromethorphan
- Dextroposition
- Dextroposition of the heart
- Dextrose
DDf-Dj
- DFSP
- DGS
- DHA
- DHEA
- DHF (dengue hemorrhagic fever)
- DHHS
- DHRD
- DHT
- Di Bella cancer therapy
- Di-
- Dia-
- Diabesity
- Diabetes
- Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Diabetes Association, American (ADA)
- Diabetes insipidus
- Diabetes mellitus
- Diabetes skin condition
- Diabetes, adult-onset
- Diabetes, brittle
- Diabetes, gestational
- Diabetes, insulin-dependent
- Diabetes, insulin-resistant
- Diabetes, juvenile
- Diabetes, juvenile-onset
- Diabetes, ketosis-prone
- Diabetes, labile
- Diabetes, non-insulin-dependent
- Diabetes, type 1
- Diabetes, type 2
- Diabetes, unstable
- Diabetic coma
- Diabetic dermatology
- Diabetic dermopathy
- Diabetic eye disease
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Diabetic macular edema
- Diabetic musculoskeletal disorder
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Diabetic shock
- Diabetic spinal cord disease
- Diabetic xanthoma
- Diabulimia
- Diacetyl
- Diachronic
- Diachronic study
- Diagnosis
- Diagnosis, differential
- Diagnosis, retrospective
- Diagnostic mammogram
- Dialectical behavioral therapy
- Dialysis
- Dialysis machine
- Dialysis, peritoneal
- Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
- Diaper rash
- Diaper rash, yeast
- Diaphragm (contraceptive)
- Diaphragm (muscle)
- Diaphragm pacing
- Diaphragmatic hernia
- Diaphragmatic pacing
- Diarrhea
- Diarrhea and dermatitis, zinc deficiency
- Diarrhea, antibiotic-induced
- Diarrhea, Brainerd
- Diarrhea, E. coli hemorrhagic
- Diarrhea, rotavirus
- Diarrhea, traveler's
- Diastole
- Diastolic
- Diastrophic dysplasia
- Diathermy
- Diathesis
- Dibenzoxazepine
- Dicentric chromosome
- Dicysteine
- Did not attend (DNA)
- DIDMOAD
- Diesel exhaust
- Diesel exhaust particle
- Diet, Atkins
- Diet, DASH
- Diet, Mediterranean
- Diethylstilbestrol
- Diff dx
- Differential diagnosis
- Differential white cell count
- Differentiated cancer
- Differentiation
- Differentiation therapy
- Difficult urination
- Diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis
- Diffuse degeneration of gray matter with cirrhosis
- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
- Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)
- Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
- Diffuse mastocytosis
- Diffuse toxic goiter
- DiGeorge syndrome
- Digestive a Kidney Dis, Nat'l Inst Diabetes and
- Digestive system
- Digit
- Digit, supernumerary
- Digital rectal exam
- Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase
- Dihydrotestosterone
- Dihydroxyacetone
- Dilatate
- Dilatation
- Dilate
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Dilating
- Dilation
- Dilation and curettage
- Dilation, pupil
- Dilation, pupil (test)
- Dilator
- Dinucleotide
- Diogenes syndrome
- Dioscorides
- Dioxin
- Dip, paraffin
- Dip, wax
- Dipeptide
- Diphallia
- Diphtheria
- Diploe
- Diploid
- Diplopia
- Diplopia, binocular
- Diplopia, monocular
- Dipper
- Diprosopus
- Dipsophobia
- Dipsosis
- Direct-entry midwife
- Directed DNA sequencing
- Directives, advance
- Directives, advance medical
- Dirofilaria immitis
- Disaster supplies kit
- Disc
- Disc, cervical
- Disc, optic
- Disc, slipped
- Discharge
- Discharge, breast
- Discharge, nipple
- Discography discogram
- Discoid lupus
- Discordance
- Discordant
- Discordant couple
- Disease
- Disease names
- Disease nomenclature
- Disease surveillance
- Disease, acute respiratory
- Disease, Addison
- Disease, adult celiac
- Disease, Alexander
- Disease, Alpers
- Disease, alveolar hydatid
- Disease, Alzheimer
- Disease, Anderson-Fabry
- Disease, autoimmune
- Disease, Behcet's
- Disease, Bernard-Soulier
- Disease, Binswanger
- Disease, bipolar
- Disease, black lung
- Disease, Bornholm
- Disease, Bowen's
- Disease, Bright's
- Disease, Brill-Zinsser
- Disease, Canavan
- Disease, cardiovascular
- Disease, Castleman
- Disease, cat scratch
- Disease, Chagas
- Disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth
- Disease, chronic obstructive lung (COLD)
- Disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD)
- Disease, chronic wasting
- Disease, clinical
- Disease, congenital heart
- Disease, Conor and Bruch
- Disease, coronary artery
- Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD)
- Disease, Crohn
- Disease, Cushing
- Disease, cystine transport
- Disease, degenerative joint
- Disease, delta-storage pool
- Disease, exaggerated startle
- Disease, Fabry
- Disease, Fahr
- Disease, fifth
- Disease, Fong
- Disease, foot-and-mouth
- Disease, Forestier
- Disease, Gaucher type 1
- Disease, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker
- Disease, Gilbert
- Disease, graft-versus-host
- Disease, Graves
- Disease, guinea worm
- Disease, gum
- Disease, hand-foot-and-mouth
- Disease, Hansen
- Disease, Heberden
- Disease, hemolytic, of the newborn
- Disease, Hirschsprung
- Disease, His
- Disease, His-Werner
- Disease, Hodgkin (adult)
- Disease, Hodgkin (Hodgkin lymphoma)
- Disease, Huntington
- Disease, hyaline membrane
- Disease, hydroxyapatite crystal
- Disease, inflammatory bowel
- Disease, Jakob's
- Disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt
- Disease, Kawasaki
- Disease, Keshan
- Disease, Kikuchi
- Disease, Kimmelstiel-Wilson
- Disease, kissing
- Disease, Kok
- Disease, Kostmann
- Disease, Legg
- Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes
- Disease, Legg-Perthes
- Disease, Legionnaire
- Disease, lipid storage
- Disease, Lobstein's
- Disease, Lou Gehrig
- Disease, mad deer
- Disease, manic-depressive
- Disease, maple syrup urine
- Disease, Marburg
- Disease, Menetrier's
- Disease, Meniere
- Disease, Minamata
- Disease, mitochondrial
- Disease, mixed connective tissue
- Disease, new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
- Disease, Niemann-Pick
- Disease, Norwalk
- Disease, occupational
- Disease, Osgood-Schlatter
- Disease, Osler-Rendu-Weber
- Disease, Paget
- Disease, Parkinson
- Disease, Parry's
- Disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher
- Disease, pelvic inflammatory (PID)
- Disease, phytanic acid storage
- Disease, Pick
- Disease, Plummer's
- Disease, polycystic kidney
- Disease, polycystic ovarian
- Disease, polycystic ovary
- Disease, polygenic
- Disease, pulseless
- Disease, Quincke's
- Disease, Ramsay Hunt
- Disease, Raynaud
- Disease, Refsum
- Disease, Rendu-Osler-Weber
- Disease, rheumatic heart
- Disease, Ritter
- Disease, rotator cuff
- Disease, rotavirus
- Disease, sickle cell
- Disease, single gene
- Disease, sixth
- Disease, sleeping
- Disease, startle
- Disease, Stein-Leventhal
- Disease, Still
- Disease, subclinical
- Disease, Takayasu
- Disease, Tay-Sachs
- Disease, Tsutsugamushi
- Disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
- Disease, von Recklinghausen
- Disease, Vrolik's
- Disease, Werner-His
- Disease, Whipple
- Disease, Whitmore's
- Disease, Wilson
- Disease-free survival
- Diseases related to obesity
- Diseases, Infectious, Nat'l Inst of Allergy &
- Diseases, inherited metabolic
- Diseases, Musculoskeletal, Nat'l Inst
- Diseases, rickettsial
- DISH
- Disinsection
- Disk, intervertebral
- Dislocated shoulder
- Dislocation of the radial head
- Dislocation, congenital hip
- Disorder, anxiety
- Disorder, articulation
- Disorder, attention deficit (ADD)
- Disorder, autoimmune
- Disorder, bipolar
- Disorder, borderline personality
- Disorder, central auditory processing
- Disorder, cephalic
- Disorder, mathematics
- Disorder, orgasmic
- Disorder, seasonal affective (SAD)
- Disorder, social anxiety
- Disorder, specific developmental
- Disordered thinking
- Disorders, lymphoproliferative
- Disorders, myeloproliferative
- Disruption sequence
- Dissect
- Dissecting aneurysm
- Dissection
- Dissection, aortic
- Dissection, axillary
- Dissection, neck
- Dissection, radical neck
- Disseminated sclerosis
- Disseminated vaccinia
- Dissociation
- Distal
- Distance healing
- Distention
- Distichiasis
- Disto-
- Disulfaram-like reaction
- Diuresis
- Diuretic
- Diurnal
- Diverticula
- Diverticulitis
- Diverticulitis, bleeding from
- Diverticulitis, treatment of acute
- Diverticulosis
- Diverticulosis/diverticulitis and fiber
- Diverticulum
- Diverticulum, hypopharyngeal
- Diverticulum, Meckel's
- Diverticulum, pharyngoesophageal
- Diverticulum, Zenker
- Diving injury
- Dizygotic twin
- Dizziness
- Dizziness, anxiety as a cause of
- Dizziness, pre-syncopal
DDk-Do
- DKK1
- DLI
- DM
- DM1
- DM2
- DMD (dystonia musculorum deformans)
- DNA
- DNA (did not attend)
- DNA (figurative)
- DNA amplification
- DNA assembly
- DNA cloning
- DNA forensics
- DNA molecules, recombinant
- DNA polymerase
- DNA repair
- DNA repair gene
- DNA repair gene, Med1
- DNA repair pathway
- DNA replication
- DNA sequence
- DNA sequence, draft
- DNA sequence, finished
- DNA splicing, alternative
- DNA technology, recombinant
- DNA virus
- DNA, coding
- DNA, junk
- DNA, mitochondrial
- DNA, nongenetic
- DNA, repetitive
- DNA, satellite
- DNR
- DNS
- Do not resuscitate order
- DOB
- Dobelle
- Dobelle, William H.
- Doc
- Docosahexaenoic acid
- Doctor
- Doctor discontent
- Doctor-assisted suicide
- Doctors Without Borders
- Doctors' symbol
- DOE
- Dog Bite
- Dog genome
- Dog heartworm
- Dol
- Dolor
- Domagk, Gerhard
- Domain
- Dominant
- Dominant, autosomal
- Donald Fredrickson
- Donor
- Donor insemination
- Donor lymphocyte infusion
- Donor, universal
- Dopa
- Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD)
- Dopamine
- Doppler ultrasound
- Doraphobia
- Dorian Gray effect
- Dormant tuberculosis
- Dorothy Hodgkin
- Dorsal
- Dorsum
- Dose, absorbed
- DOTS
- Double contrast barium enema
- Double helix
- Double pneumonia
- Double-blind
- Double-blinded study
- Double-jointed
- Double-masked
- Douche
- Douching
- Douglas, pouch of
- Doula
- Dowager's hump
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome critical region
- Down syndrome features
- Down-regulation
- Downregulation
- Doxorubicin cardiomyopathy
- Doxycycline
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy
DDp-Dr
- DPC4
- DPT
- DPT immunization
- DR syndrome
- Dr. Andrew Weil
- Dr. Joseph Moscati
- Dracunculiasis
- Draft DNA sequence
- Drain
- Drain, Jackson Pratt
- Drain, Jackson-Pratt
- Drain, JP
- Drain, Penrose
- Dravet syndrome severe myoclonic epilepsy infants
- DRE (digital rectal exam)
- Dream, pre-sleep
- Dreams
- Dressler syndrome
- Drill, dental
- Drip
- Drop attack
- Drop seizure
- Dropsy
- Drosophila
- Drosophila genome
- DRRS
- Drug activity
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- Drug resistance
- Drug test
- Drug, ACE-inhibitor
- Drug, anti-infective
- Drug, antibiotic
- Drug, antifungal
- Drug, antihypertensive
- Drug, antimicrobial
- Drug, antiprotozoal
- Drug, antithyroid
- Drug, antiviral
- Drug, generic
- Drug, over-the-counter (OTC)
- Drug, prescription
- Drug, sulfa
- Drug, tocolytic
- Drug-induced liver disease
- Drug-resistant tuberculosis
- Drug-transporter gene
- Drugs during pregnancy, dangerous
- Drugs, anti-angiogenesis
- Drugs, statin
- Drugs, teratogenic
- Drunkorexia
- Drusen
- DRVs (Daily Reference Values)
- Dry eye
- Dry mouth
- Dry skin
DDs-Du
- DSCR
- DSM
- DSM-IV
- DSS1
- DT
- DT immunization
- DTaP
- DTaP immunization
- DTC
- DTP
- Dual energy X-ray absorptometry
- Dual X-ray absorptometry
- Duane and radial ray anomaly with deafness
- Duane retraction syndrome
- Duane syndrome
- Duane-radial ray syndrome
- Dubowitz syndrome
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Duchenne-Erb palsy
- Duchenne-Erb paralysis
- Duct
- Duct of Bellini
- Duct, ejaculatory
- Duct, hepatic
- Ductal carcinoma in situ
- Ductal carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating
- Ductular hypoplasia, syndromatic hepatic
- Ductus
- Ductus arteriosus
- Ductus, patent
- Due date
- Duloxetine
- Dumdum fever
- Dummy
- Dumping syndrome
- Duodenal
- Duodenal biliary drainage
- Duodenal ulcer
- Duodenitis
- Duodenum
- Duplication
- Dupuytren contracture
- Dupuytren, Guillaume
- Dura
- Dura mater
- Durable power of attorney
- Dural
- Dural sac
- Dursban
- Dust mite
- Dutch-Kentucky syndrome
DDv-Dz
- DV
- DVT (deep vein thrombosis)
- Dwarf
- Dwarfism
- Dwarfism, achondroplastic
- Dwarfism, pituitary
- Dwarfism, thanatophoric
- Dx
- DXA
- DXA bone scan
- DXM
- Dyad
- Dynacin
- Dynein
- DYS
- Dys-
- Dysarthria
- Dyscalculia
- Dyscrasia
- Dysentery
- Dysentery, amebic
- Dysfunction
- Dysfunction, erectile
- Dysfunction, orgasmic
- Dysgeusia
- Dysgraphia
- Dyshidrotic eczema
- Dyskeratosis congenita
- Dyskinesia
- Dyslexia
- Dyslipidemia
- Dysmetabolic syndrome X
- Dysmorphic feature
- Dysmorphology
- Dysmorphophobia
- Dysmotility syndrome
- Dysostosis, cleidocranial
- Dyspareunia
- Dyspepsia
- Dyspeptic
- Dysphagia
- Dysphasia
- Dysphonia
- Dysphonia, spasmodic
- Dysphonia, spastic
- Dysphoria
- Dysphoric mania
- Dysplasia
- Dysplasia, arteriohepatic
- Dysplasia, bronchopulmonary
- Dysplasia, cleidocranial
- Dysplasia, congenital hip
- Dysplasia, faciodigitogenital
- Dysplasia, faciogenital
- Dysplasia, thanatophoric
- Dysplastic nevi
- Dysplastic nevus
- Dyspnea
- Dyspnoea
- Dyspraxia
- Dyspraxia of speech
- Dyspraxia, developmental
- Dysthymia
- Dystocia
- Dystocia, cervical
- Dystocia, fetal
- Dystocia, placental
- Dystocia, shoulder
- Dystonia
- Dystonia musculorum deformans (DMD)
- Dystonia, cranial
- Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD)
- Dystonia, focal, due to blepharospasm
- Dystonia, focal, due to torticollis
- Dystonia, idiopathic torsion
- Dystonia, laryngeal
- Dystonia, oromandibular
- Dystonia, Segawa
- Dystonia, torsion
- Dystrophia brevicollis congenita
- Dystrophic calcification
- Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
- Dystrophica myotonia
- Dystrophica myotonia 2
- Dystrophy, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy
- Dystrophy, cone
- Dystrophy, corneal
- Dystrophy, lattice
- Dystrophy, muscular
- Dystrophy, myotonic
- Dysuria