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Dysgenesis
Dysgenesis Defective embryonic development.
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Embryonic
Undeveloped, related to the embryo.
Development
The process of growth and differentiation.
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Dysgeusia
Perversion of the sense of taste.
Dysgraphia
Dysgraphia is the inability to write, regardless of ability to read. People with dysgraphia often can write, but lack co-ordination, and find other fine motor tasks like tying shoes difficult. They also lack basic spelling skills, and often will say the wrong word when trying to formulate thoughts.
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Disparity gradient
The ratio of the difference between two feature's disparities and their cyclopean separation. Steeply slanted surfaces have large disparity gradients. Human binocular fusion will only tolerate a disparity gradient of about 1.
Dorsal pathway
One of two theorized systems of visual information processing. Information thought to progress toward the parietal cortex V1-> V2 -> MT -> MST -> STP. Functions in comprehension of spatial arrangement.
Derma
Skin.
Diffuse
Not definitely localized or limited; spread widely through a tissue or substance.
Diphtheritic membrane
A thin coating on the surface of an epithelial lined organ (e.g. intestine) that is composed of necrotic cellular debris, inflammatory cells and fibrin.
Dysgenesis
Dystopia
Displacement.
Da Costa's syndrome
Neurocirculatory asthenia; "soldier's heart"; a functional disorder of the circulatory system that is usually a part of an anxiety state or secondary to hyperventilation.
Decompensation
The deterioration of existing defenses, leading to an exacerbation of pathological behavior.
Defense mechanism
Automatic psychological process that protects the individual against anxiety and from awareness of internal or external stressors or dangers. Defense mechanisms mediate the individual's reaction to emotional conflicts and to external stressors. Some defense mechanisms (e.g., projection, splitting, and acting out) are almost invariably maladaptive. Others, such as suppression and denial, may be either maladaptive or adaptive, depending on their severity, their inflexibility, and the context in which they occur.
Déjà vu
A paramnesia consisting of the sensation or illusion that one is seeing what one has seen before
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