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Letter Term Description Category
D Diaphragm

In mammals, the diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the thorax from the abdomen, and is important for breathing.

Biology
D Direct Current

The voltage is always constant, and the electricity flows in a certain direction.

Physics
D Dendrites

Short nerve fibers that project from a neuron, generally receiving messages from the axons of other neurons and relaying them to the cell’s nucleus.

Neuroscience
D DNA Ligation

The joining of two DNA molecules by the enzyme, DNA ligase.

Molecular Biology
D DNA Ligase

The enzyme used to join two DNA molecules together.

Molecular Biology
D Data (b)

In maths, data is a set of numerical values for variables. In science, data refers to facts that can be collected and analysed, then becoming information and eventually knowledge. In computer science, data is a sequence of one or more symbols that can be interpreted and given meaning.

Mathematics
D Diarrhoea (Fingerspelling)

When bowel movements are looser and/or more frequent.

Biology
D Divide

The process of breaking a number up into equal parts, and finding out how many equal parts can be made.

Physics
D Dublin 2

City and county in Ireland.

Geography
D Dementia

General mental deterioration from a previously normal state of cognitive function due to disease or psychological factors. Alzheimer’s disease is one form of dementia.

Neuroscience