+cryptogam.+ A group of plants without flowers and without embryo—containing seeds. +cuneiform.+ A wedge-shaped bone found in the carpus (one) and in the tarsus (three). +cupping.+ Blood-abstraction by means of cupping-glasses. +curette (curet).+ Spoon-shaped instrument for scraping. +cutis.+ The skin. +cyanosis.+ Blue discoloration of the skin from non-oxidation of blood. +cyte.+ Cell or corpuscle, as in leucocyte, white blood cell. +D+ +dactyl.+ Finger, as in dactylitis, inflammation of one or more fingers. +debris.+ Scattered fragments. +decomposition.+ Decay. Breaking up into its original elements. +deformity.+ A deviation from normal in shape or in size. +deleterious.+ Injurious, noxious, harmful. +demarcation.+ A tissue boundary mark. +dentine.+ The bony structure of the teeth. +derma.+ The skin. +dermatitis.+ Inflammation of the skin. +devitalize.+ To destroy vitality. +diabetes (mellitus).+ A disease of metabolism characterized by the presence of sugar in the voided urine. +diagnosis.+ Determination of the nature of a disease. +diapedesis.+ The passage of the blood-corpuscles through the vessel-walls without rupture of the latter. +diaphoresis.+ Excessive perspirattion. +diaphragm.+ The muscular wall between the thorax and the abdomen. +diaphysis.+ Relating to the shaft of the bone. +diffusion.+ A scattering about. +digit.+ A finger or toe. +dilatation.+ An expansion of a vessel or an organ. +discutient.+ An agent which causes the dispersal of a tumor or of a pathologic neoplasm of any kind. +disease.+ A pathologic condition of any part or organ of the body. +disinfection.+ Freeing from infection. +disintegration.+ Separation of component parts. +dislocation.+ Displacement of an organ or of a part. +dissection.+ A separation by cutting of the parts of the body. +distortion.+ Mechanical derangement of a part interfering with its function. +dorsal.+ Pertaining to the back. +dorsum.+ The back, the posterior part of an organ. +drainage.+ (Surgically) The gradual removal of the contents of a suppurating cavity. +d.s. or s.+ Used in prescription writing, meaning to give directions. +dynia.+ Pain, as in pleurodynia, pain in the pleura. +E+ +ecchymosis.+ An extravasation of blood or slight hemorrhage under the skin resulting in a purplish patch. +echinococcus.+ The larval stage of the dog tapeworm, occurring also in human organs or tissues. +ectomy.+ To cut out, as in prostatectomy, removal of a part or all of the prostate. +eczema.+ Inflammation of the skin (acute or chronic, moist or dry), accompanied by itching and burning. +edema.+ Accumulation of serum in the cellular tissue. +edematous.+ Relating to edema. +effusion.+ Escape of fluid from within, out. +embolism.+ The obstruction of a blood vessel by an embolus cleavage. +embolus.+ A plug composed of detached clot in the circulation. +embryonic.+ Rudimentary.