diploymyelia (dip"lo-mi-e'le-ah)

A congenital deformity characterized by duplication of the spinal cord. [Gr., diploos, double, -fmylos, marrow.] diplopia the seeing(dip-lo'pe-ah). of two images of Double vision; an object at the same time. It is almost always binocular and the result of squint, binocular d. Double vision which takes place when both eyes concur in the visual act and disappears when one eye is covered or excluded. It results from divergence of the axes caused by some muscular affection, usually a paresis, cro ed d. Binocular d. in which the left-hand image belongs to the right eye, and vice vers a, direct d. See homonymous d. heteronymous d. See cro ed d. homonymous d. Binocular double vision in which the left-hand image belongs to the left eye, and the right-hand image to the right eye. unocular d. Double sight with one eye. It occurs in incipient cataract, in irregular cornea, and, occasionally, in cases of cerebral tumor, vertical d. D. in which one image is higher than the other. [Gr., diploos, double, +" ops is, sight.] diplosal (dip'lo-sal). The salicylic ester of salicylic acidl (CuHioOs). Antirheumatic and anti neuralgic. dip lot era to logy science or study(dip"lo-ter-at-ol'o-je). The of double monstrosities. [Gr., diploos, double, + teras, a mon of ster, + logos, understanding.] dipota ic (di-po-tas'ik). Containing 2 atoms of pota ium in the molecule. Dippel's animal oil. Syn.: bone oil. A very clear, light, inflammable o. of penetrating, disagreeable smell, obtained from crude animal o. with water. dip ropy lam in ondary amin of(di-pro-pil-am'in). propyl, (CsHt^NH.A secdiprosopus characterized (di-pros-o'pus). A monster by two faces or other double parts, d. dihypogastricus. A d. with a reduplication of the hypogastric regions and the lower extremities, d. diophthalmus. A d. with only two eyes, one for each face. d. sejunctus. A d. in which there are two heads, united in the occipital region, upon a single neck. d. tetrophthalmus. A d. having four eyes, two for each face. d. tetrotus. A d. with four ears, two for each face. d. trio pht halm us. A d. with three ti ue tables eyes; two (in one orbital cavity) for one face and one for the other, or one^ for each face and a blended eye at the junction of the two faces, d. triotus* A d. with three ears. [Gr., dis, twice, + prosopon, the face.] Dipsacus (dip's ak-us). The teasel; a genus of prickly plants. [Gr., dips a, thirst, because the leaves of the plant are so shaped as to hold water.] dipse's is, dipso's is. Exce ive thirst. [Gr., dips a, thirst.] dipso biostatic a (dip"so-bi-o-stat'ik-ah). Of F. W. Lippich, a statistical exposition of the injury resulting to the population from the abuse of alcoholic drinks. [Gr., adipsa, thirst, + bios, life, + statike, weighing.] dipsomania (dip-so-ma'ne-ah). Lit., a state of frenzy caused by exce ive thirst; as commonly used, a periodic irresistible craving for alcoholic drink; a compulsion neurosis, or a cyclothymic illne ; at times an epileptic manifestation. [Gr., dips a, thirst, -fmania, madne .]