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diabetes, bronze Diabetes mellitus that occurs as a result of damage to the pancreas from iron deposition of hemochromatosis. See also diabetes mellitus; hemochromatosis.

diabetes, brittle See diabetes, labile.

diabetes, adult-onset Type 2 diabetes. See also diabetes, type 2.

diabetes See diabetes mellitus.

dia- Prefix meaning through, throughout, or completely, as in diachronic (over a period of time), diagnosis (to completely define the nature of a disease), and dialysis (cleansing the blood by passing it through a special machine).

Di Ferrante syndrome A rare form of mucopolysaccharidosis. Di Ferrante syndrome is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder. Also known as mucopolysaccharidosis Type IX. See also mucopolysaccharidosis.

DHF Dengue hemorrhagic fever.

DHEA See dehydroepiandrosterone.

dextrose Glucose, a simple sugar.

dextroposition of the heart A condition in which the heart is displaced to the right side of the chest, but without any anatomic alteration in the heart itself. Dextroposition occurs when the contents of the left side of the chest shove the heart to the right, or when the contents of the right side of…

dextroposition Moving to the right.

dextrocardia Reversal of the anatomic location of the heart, placing it in the right side of the chest rather than in its normal location on the left. This is a true anatomic reversal, in which the apex (tip) of the heart points to the right instead of the left. Dextrocardia occurs in Kartagener syndrome, an…