Medical terms beginning with D

An anticancer drug that is a combination of a monoclonal antibody (RFB4) and an immunotoxin (dgA).

One word covering two unrelated illnesses, though on its own it is almost always taken to mean the sugar one.

Sugar left circulating rather than delivered into cells, a shortfall that quietly damages small and large blood vessels over years.

Seldom a single moment, a diagnosis is usually narrowed from a list of candidates and can stay provisional for a long time.

A diagnostic mammogram is a focused breast x-ray obtained to evaluate a specific finding, distinct from a routine screening mammogram in an asymptomatic person.

A specific test or series of steps done to help diagnose a disease or condition.

A type of method or test used to help diagnose a disease or condition.

A research study that evaluates methods of detecting disease.

The process of filtering the blood when the kidneys are not able to cleanse it.

A number only means something when the next one is taken the same way, on the same machine, in the same plane.

Breathing runs automatically because this muscle answers a signal from the phrenic nerves, which arise high in the neck.

Duration does much of the diagnostic work, separating a short lived infection from a long standing problem inside the gut.

One word covering two unrelated things: the electrical cutting tool of an operating room and the deep warming used in physiotherapy.

Known widely by the brand name Valium, diazepam acts long and leaves active breakdown products, so its effect outlasts the dose considerably.

The active ingredient in a drug that is used to treat the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and is being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of skin cancer.

A drug that is used to treat the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and is being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of skin cancer.

A drug used in the treatment of infections caused by viruses.

A DIEP flap is a breast reconstruction technique that uses lower abdominal skin and fat while preserving the underlying muscle.

Diet refers both to everything a person routinely eats and drinks and to a specific eating pattern prescribed for a medical condition.

A process by which a health professional with special training in nutrition helps people make healthy food choices and form healthy eating habits.