Part 3074

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Diaspore</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di"a*spore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Gr. <?/ a scattering; <?/ through, asunder + <?/ to sow, scatter like seed: cf. F. <ets>diaspore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.</def>

<h1>Diastase</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di"a*stase</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ separation, fr. <?/, <?/ to stand apart; <?/ through + <?/, <?/, to stand, set: cf. F. <ets>diastase</ets>. Cf. <er>Diastasis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar.</def>

<note>&hand; The name is more particularly applied to that ferment formed during the germination of grain, as in the malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to designate the amylolytic ferment contained in animal fluids, as in the saliva.</note>

<h1>Diastasic</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di`a*sta"sic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; <as>as, <ex>diastasic</ex> ferment</as>.</def>

<h1>Diastasis</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di*as"ta*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Diastase</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A forcible of bones without fracture.</def>

<h1>Diastatic</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di`a*stat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ separative. See <er>Diastase</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch into sugar.</def>

<blockquote>The influence of acids and alkalies on the <b>diastatic</b> action of saliva. <i>Lauder Brunton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Diastem</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di"a*stem</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diastema</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>diast\'8ame</ets>.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Intervening space; interval.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Anc. Mus.)</fld> <def>An interval.</def>

<h1>Diastema</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di`a*ste"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Diastem</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw.</def>

<h1>Diaster</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di*as"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/- = <?/ twice + <?/ star.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See <er>Karyokinesis</er>.</def>

<h1>Diastole</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di*as"to*le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to put asunder, to separate; <?/ through + <?/ to set, to place.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.</def>

<h1>Diastolic</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di`as*tol"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to diastole.</def>

<h1>Diastyle</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di"a*style</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diastylus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ through, asunder + <?/ pillar, column: cf. F. <ets>diastyle</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>See under <er>Intercolumniation</er>.</def>

<h1>Diatessaron</h1> <Xpage=407>