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<h1>Deuteronomist</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu`ter*on"o*mist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The writer of Deuteronomy.</def>

<h1>Deuteronomy</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu`ter*on"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ second + <?/ law: cf. L. <ets>Deuteronomium</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bibl.)</fld> <def>The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses.</def>

<h1>Deuteropathia, Deuteropathy</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw><hw>Deu`ter*o*pa*thi"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Deu`ter*op"a*thy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>deuteropathia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ second + <?/ suffering, fr. <?/, <?/, to suffer: cf. F. <ets>deut\'82ropathie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach.</def>

<h1>Deuteropathic</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu`ter*o*path"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy.</def>

<h1>Deuteroscopy</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu`ter*os"co*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ second + <ets>-scopy</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Second sight.</def>

<blockquote>I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of <b>deuteroscopy</b> compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Deuterozooid</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu`ter*o*zo"oid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ second + E. <ets>zooid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids.</def>

<h1>Deuthydroguret</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deut`hy*drog"u*ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Deutohydroguret</er>.</def>

<mhw><h1>Deuto- &or; Deut-</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu"to-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> &or; <hw>Deut-</hw> <tt>(d\'d4t-)</tt></mhw> <ety>[Contr. from Gr. <?/ second.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A prefix which formerly properly indicated <i>the second</i> in a regular series of compound in the series, and not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as <i>bi</i>- or <i>di</i>-, although little used.</def>

<h1>Deutohydroguret</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu`to*hy*drog"u*ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>deut-</ets>, <ets>deuto-</ets> + <ets>hydroguret</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of hydrogen united with some other element or radical.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Deutoplasm</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu"to*plasm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>deuto-</ets> + Gr. <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk.</def>

<h1>Deutoplastic</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu`to*plas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>deuto-</ets> + Gr. <?/ plastic.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm.</def>

<h1>Deutosulphuret</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu`to*sul"phu*ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>deuto-</ets> + <ets>sulphuret</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A disulphide.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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