Diarrheal
(Di`ar*rhe"al, Di`ar*rhœ"al) a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to diarrhea; like diarrhea.
Diarrhetic
(Di`ar*rhet"ic, Di`ar*rhœt"ic) a. (Med.) Producing diarrhea, or a purging.
Diarthrodial
(Di`ar*thro"di*al) a. (Anat.) Relating to diarthrosis, or movable articulations.
Diarthrosis
(||Di`ar*thro"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. fr. to joint, articulate; dia` through, asunder + to fasten by
a joint, 'a`rqron joint.] (Anat.) A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion; a complete
joint; abarticulation. See Articulation.
Diary
(Di"a*ry) n.; pl. Diaries [L. diarium, fr. dies day. See Deity.] A register of daily events or
transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a diary
of the weather; a physician's diary.
Diary
(Di"a*ry), a. lasting for one day; as, a diary fever. [Obs.] "Diary ague." Bacon.
Diaspore
(Di"a*spore) n. [From Gr. a scattering; dia` through, asunder + to sow, scatter like seed: cf. F.
diaspore.] (Min.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly
luster; — so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.
Diastase
(Di"a*stase) n. [Gr. separation, fr. to stand apart; dia` through + to stand, set: cf. F. diastase.
Cf. Diastasis.] (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and
dextrin into sugar.
The name is more particularly applied to that ferment formed during the germination of grain, as in the
malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to designate the amylolytic ferment contained in animal
fluids, as in the saliva.
Diastasic
(Di`a*sta"sic) a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasic ferment.
Diastasis
(||Di*as"ta*sis) n. [NL. See Diastase.] (Surg.) A forcible separation of bones without fracture.
Diastatic
(Di`a*stat"ic) a. [Gr. separative. See Diastase.] (Physiol. Chem.) Relating to diastase; having
the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch into sugar.
The influence of acids and alkalies on the diastatic action of saliva.
Lauder Brunton.
