Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

dextroposition
Moving to the right.
dextroposition of the heart
A condition in
which the heart is displaced to the right side of the
chest, but without any anatomic alteration in the
heart itself. Dextroposition occurs when the con-
tents of the left side of the chest shove the heart to
the right, or when the contents of the right side of
the chest are reduced (for example, by collapse of
the right lung) and the heart moves toward the
sparsely occupied space on the right. See also 
dex-
trocardia.
dextrose
Glucose, a simple sugar.
DHEA
See 
dehydroepiandrosterone.
DHF
Dengue hemorrhagic fever.
Di Ferrante syndrome
A rare form of
mucopolysaccharidosis. Di Ferrante syndrome is an
autosomal recessive genetic disorder. Also known as
mucopolysaccharidosis Type IX. See also
mucopolysaccharidosis.
dia-
Prefix meaning through, throughout, or com-
pletely, as in diachronic (over a period of time),
diagnosis (to completely define the nature of a dis-
ease), and dialysis (cleansing the blood by passing it
through a special machine).
diabetes
See 
diabetes mellitus.
diabetes, adult-onset
Type 2 diabetes. See also
diabetes, type 2.
diabetes, brittle
See 
diabetes, labile.
diabetes, bronze
Diabetes mellitus that occurs
as a result of damage to the pancreas from iron dep-
osition of hemochromatosis. See also 
diabetes mel-
litus; hemochromatosis.
developmental disorder, specific
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