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DAMN IT acronym

A method of looking at possible causes for a problem. D= degenerative. A = anomalies or autoimmune. M= metabolic. N = neoplasia or nutritional. I = inflammation or infectious or immune mediated or iatrogenic. T= toxic or traumatic idiopathic.... ↪ Read more

Daltons

A term used to indicate a unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of a carbon-12 atom.... ↪ Read more

Dags

Breech wool that is coated with feces. "To dag" the sheep means to remove this wool by selective shearing or clipping with dagging shears.... ↪ Read more

Dacryocystorhinography

A technique in which radiopaque contrast material is injected into the punctum and flushed through the nasolacrimal duct, followed by lateral and VD radiographic views of the skull, to evaluate the nasolacrimal system and surrounding bony structures.... ↪ Read more

Dacryocystitis

Inflammation of the lacrimal sac usually as a result of infection.... ↪ Read more

Cytoplasmic droplet

A round drop of cytoplasm that moves from the neck of the sperm down it's tail and is gone by the time normal sperm are ejaculated.... ↪ Read more

Cytology

The microscopic evaluation of cells removed from an organ or tissue. Looking at normal and abnormal cells with a microscope.... ↪ Read more

Cytokines / interleukins

Regulatory proteins secreted primarily by lymphocytes to facilitate interaction between other lymphocytes and macrophages e. g. IL-2, IL-12, CSF, TNF.... ↪ Read more

Cytokine

A protein secreted by cells, that carries a signal to other cells.... ↪ Read more

Cythioate

Proban?? - Haver) an oral organophosphate.... ↪ Read more

Cystocercus

The larval stage of a tapeworm encysted in muscle.... ↪ Read more

Cystic endometrial hyperplasia Abrev CEH

Morphological changes occurring in the uterus under the influence progesterone secreted from the corpus lutei (CLs) of the ovaries during diestrus.... ↪ Read more