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disinfection

The destruction of pathogenic and other kinds of microorganisms by physical or chemical means... Read More

dismissal with prejudice

Court action that prevents an identical lawsuit from being filed later... Read More

dismissal without prejudice

Court action that allows the later filing... Read More

disposition

Pertaining to juvenile justice, The stage of a delinquency proceeding comparable to the sentencing stage of an adult criminal trial... Read More

dispositional hearing

Hearings held by the juvenile and family court to determine the legal resolution of cases after adjudication... Read More

dissemination

Any process by which information is made available or accessible to the intended audiences or target groups... Read More

dissimilarity

Pertaining to friction ridge identification, a difference in appearance between two friction ridge impressions... Read More

dissociated ridges

Pertaining to friction ridge identification: (1) disrupted, rather than continuous, friction ridges and (2) an area of friction ridge units that did not form into friction ridges, generally due to a genetic abnormality... Read More

distal

A descriptive term for a location relating to or situated away from the center or midline... Read More

distended

Descriptive term for stretched or inflated; often used in reference to the abdomen... Read More

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