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Dehiscence: Splitting open of a surgical wound
Dextro: - On the right side
Diagnosis: A disease identified by symptoms signs and special investigations
Dialysis: A process of cleansing the blood
Differentiation: A process by which cells mature in order to perform what they are meant to. Cancer cells are less differentiated
Dilatation: A procedure to widen
Dissection: The process of separating tissues
Distal: Anatomically farthest from the center
Dorsum: The posterior side of a structure
Dysplasia: The earliest form of a pre-cancerous lesion. It is an abnormality in the maturation of cells within a tissue
Dysuria: Painful voiding of urine