Desquamation. Scaling off of the skin, after fevers.
Desquamative nephritis, Bright's Disease, in which epithelial cells escape with the urine.
Diabetes. Defined on [page 835].
Diagnosis. The determination of a disease by its symptoms or characteristics.
Diagnostic. The symptoms by which a disease is distinguished from others.
Diaphoretic. Medicines which increase perspiration.
Diaphragm. Defined on [page 32].
Diathesis. Peculiarity of constitution. Predisposition to certain diseases.
Digestion. The function by which food passing along the alimentary canal is prepared for nutrition.
Dilatation. Increasing in size by Instruments or other agencies.