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Dysgenics
– definition :
- (noun)
- the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced (context:cognition)
Dysthymic depression
– definition :
- (noun)
- mild chronic depression (context:state)
– Sample : “dysthymic depression”
- I thought she had just been in a bad mood for thirty years, but the doctor called it dysthymia
Dynamite
– definition :
- (noun)
- an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp (context:artifact)
- (verb)
- blow up with dynamite (context:change)
– Sample : “dynamite”
Dysostosis multiplex
– definition :
- (noun)
- hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation (context:state)
Dysarthria
– definition :
- (noun)
- impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature (context:state)
Dysplastic
– definition :
- (adjective)
- relating to or evidencing dysplasia (context:pert)
Dysgraphia
– definition :
- (noun)
- impaired ability to learn to write (context:state)
Dynamiter
– definition :
- (noun)
- a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause (context:person)
Dyspepsia
– definition :
- (noun)
- a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea (context:state)
Dyscalculia
– definition :
- (noun)
- impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics (context:state)
