Medical Definition of Des-

1. A prefix indicating absence of some component of the principal part of the name; largely replaced by de-(e.g., deoxyribonucleic acid, dehydro-) but retained where "de" could be taken for d or d, as part of "desmo" (e.g., desmosterol), and in such terms as desoxycortone. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Des-

Derris elliptica
derris root
derry
derth
derths
dertrotheca
derv
dervish
dervishes
dervs
Derzsy's disease
Der Fuhrer
DES
DES
des(121-124)-ribonuclease
des- (current term)
desacetoxycephalosporin C synthetase
desacetoxyvindoline 4-hydroxylase
desacralization
desacralize
desacralized
desacralizes
desacralizing
desalinate
desalinated
desalinates
desalinating
desalination
desalinations
desalinator

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