| ANIRIDIAS | • aniridias n. Plural of aniridia. • ANIRIDIA n. a congenital condition in which the eye is incompletely formed. |
| DIASCOPES | • diascopes n. Plural of diascope. • DIASCOPE n. an optical projector used for showing transparencies on a screen. |
| DIASPORAS | • diasporas n. Plural of diaspora. • DIASPORA n. (Greek) an emigration, a dispersal of people. |
| DIASPORES | • diaspores n. Plural of diaspore. • DIASPORE n. a hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly lustre. |
| DIASPORIC | • diasporic adj. (Geology) Of, pertaining to, or containing diaspore. • diasporic adj. Of or pertaining to the dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel, a similar dispersion, or a people… • DIASPORIC adj. relating to a diaspora, a dispersion or migration. |
| DIASTASES | • diastases n. Plural of diastase. • DIASTASE n. a soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. |
| DIASTASIC | • diastasic adj. Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase. • DIASTASIC adj. of or like diastase, also DIASTATIC. |
| DIASTASIS | • diastasis n. (Medicine) A separation between two parts, such as separation of a bone, without fracture. • diastasis n. The property of being diastatic, i.e. having germinated. • DIASTASIS n. the separation of two parts of a bone without fracture, esp. of an epiphysis from a long bone. |
| DIASTATIC | • diastatic adj. (Of a grain or malt) Having germinated, resulting in the presence of enzymes that convert starch into sugar. • DIASTATIC adj. of or like diastase, also DIASTASIC. |
| DIASTEMAS | • diastemas n. Plural of diastema. • DIASTEMA n. (Greek) a space between consecutive teeth. |
| DIASTOLES | • diastoles n. Plural of diastole. • DIASTOLE n. the normal rhythmical dilation of the heart. |
| DIASTOLIC | • diastolic adj. Pertaining to a diastole. • diastolic n. (Medicine, colloquial) Short for diastolic blood pressure. • DIASTOLIC adj. of or pertaining to diastole, the rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries. |
| DIASTYLES | • diastyles n. Plural of diastyle. • DIASTYLE n. a colonnade with closely spaced columns. |
| GERARDIAS | • gerardias n. Plural of gerardia. • GERARDIA n. any of a genus of often root-parasitic herbs of the snapdragon family. |
| IXODIASES | • IXODIASIS n. a disease caused by or transmitted by ticks. |
| IXODIASIS | • ixodiasis n. Disease caused by ticks of the superfamily Ixodoidea. • IXODIASIS n. a disease caused by or transmitted by ticks. |
| TIGRIDIAS | • TIGRIDIA n. a tropical American plant with colourful flowers. |