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Diagnosis Diagonal Dial Diabetes Diabolic Diadema Diarrhea Diathesis



NOTE: all the words given derive from
DAY DIA DIVINE which can be found in
"other ideas in words" shown at the foot of this page.

~ DIABETES  from gr DIABAINEIN = TO PASS THROUGH or
            id+ EXCESSIVE PASSAGE or DISCHARGE OF URINE
  lat DIABETES = A WATER PIPE
  med> DISEASE INDUCED BY A FAILURE OF INSULIN ACTION or
       ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE ACTION  BOTH CAUSE A
  " PASS THROUGH " OF AN EXCESS OF URINE
  or OTHER " PASS THROUGH " CONCEPTS derived from " DIA "
  sug> DIALYSIS   DAY DAILY


~ DIABOLIC  id+ TO SPREAD or PASS ALONG 
                CALLOUS CALUMY or SLANDER
  DEMON DEVIL   FIENDISH  WICKED             
  gr DIABOLOS  = DEVIL                        
     DIA         ACROSS  PASS THROUGH
        BOLLO    HURL  BULLET  BALL  CUD  sug> BALLISTIC
  ukr   CHORT    DEVIL
        CHORNO   BLACK
  med> BOLUS or a round BALL like MASS of FOOD
       note METABOLISM
  ply>| LIKE A BULLET  
        THE SPHERE OF A DEVIL   
        CAN PASS THROUGH OUR ORBIT | 


~ DIADEMA  or DIADEM                      see> DIA
           id+ CROWN 
  AN OBJECT THAT ENCIRCLED THE FOREHEAD OF ROYALTY


~ DIAGNOSIS  id+ SEE THROUGH  KNOWLEDGE           see> DIA 
                 TO SEEK UNDERSTANDING OF NATURE and CAUSE
             TO MAKE SOMETHING TRANSPARENTLY CLEAR
             indoeuropean GNOSKO = JUDGE
             med> AN ART OF RECOGNIZING THE NATURE
                  OF A DISORDER or DISEASE
             note DIA  and  GNOSTIC
             consider DIAPHANOUS or DIALYSIS     
             consider GNOSTIC    or AGNOSTIC               
~ DIAGRAM  id+ SIMPLEST REPRESENTATION TO "GET THROUGH" AN IDEA
~ DIAL     id+ TIME  relates to GET THROUGH  see> DIA
                     as in 
  med> DIAGNOSIS implying TO KNOW or TO GRASP or UNDERSTAND
       lat DIA = ACROSS  LIGHT  DAY
  sc> CIRCULAR SCALE WITH A POINTER FOR TIME or OTHER MEASURE
  ply> | KEEP DIALING UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH |
  more under DIALECT  DIALYSIS  DIAMETER  DIARRHEA below   


~ DIALECT  id+ A DISTINCT MANNER OF SPEECH  must     
           ply> | A DIALECT SEEKS TO GET THROUGH BETTER
                  AND ILLUMINATES FLAWS IN DAILY SPEECH |


~ DIALECTICS  started as DIALECTIC ART or ART OF DIALOG
              hx> PARMENIDES [#] SOCRATES [#]  PLATO [#]
  AND ARISTOTLE [#] USED DIALECTICS
  in modern terms DIALECTS RELIES ON A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN
  TWO OR MORE POSITIONS LEADING TO A DIALOG TO GRADUALLY
  ALTER BOTH  A METHOD CENTRAL TO MARXISM 


~ DIALYSIS  from DIA and LYSIS
            implies SEPARATION BY GOING THROUGH as in      
  WASH  RINSE
  sc> IMPLIES GOING THROUGH or ACROSS SOME SORT OF MEMBRANE
      WHICH WILL LET SOME MOLECULES PASS AND NOT OTHERS
  as in FILTER
  med> INFUSING A LIQUID TO GO THROUGH AND ACQUIRE COMPOUNDS
       TO BE EXCRETED
  in physiology URINE IS THE DIALYSIS FROM THE FILTERING OF
  BLOOD PLASMA BY THE MEMBRANE OF THE RENAL GLOMERULAR CAPSULE
  sug> DIAPHORESIS  SWEAT  PERSPIRE


~ DIAMETER  id+ LINE THAT DIVIDES INTO TWO EQUAL PARTS
                A DISTANCE TO GET THROUGH     
  sc>  DISTANCE BETWEEN OPPOSITE POINTS OF A CIRCLE
  med> DISTANCE BETWEEN OPPOSITE ANALOG POINTS


~ DIANA  id+ LIFE AND ITS TRIVIA
  deleted segments

  myth> AS THE TWIN SISTER OF APOLLO HER SYMBOL WAS THE MOON
        WHILE THE SUN PERSONIFIED HER TWIN BROTHER APOLLO
  LATER SHE WAS RECOGNIZED AS AN INFLUENCE ON
  VEGETAL ANIMAL AND HUMAN LIFE         note GOOD and BAD
  BOTH APOLLO AND DIANA HAD A DUAL MEANING
  AS SELENE or LUNA SHE WAS MERELY THE ORB OF NIGHT
  AND APOLLO or HELIOS WAS THE ORB OF DAY
  THE SECOND ASPECT OF THE DUALITY OF DIANA or ARTEMIS CONCERNS
  HER CHARACTER AS A LIFE GODDESS
  HER MULTIPLE NAMES UNDERSCORE HER OMNIPRESENCE
  AGROTORA linked to HUNTING
  KALLISTE           ARCADIA  sug> KALYDONIAN BEAR
                     ARCADIAN PEOPLE or BEAR PEOPLE
  DIKTYNNA           MARINE TIDES
  BRITOMARTIS        MARINE TIDES
  POTAMIA            RIVERS             sug> MESOPOTAMIA
  ARETHUSA           BEAUTY and SPRINGS
  ARTEMIS            VIRGINITY  MODESTY
  MUNYCHIA           ATHENS
  BRAURORIA          A TEMPLE ON THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS
  DIANA              ROME BUILT SEVERAL TEMPLES FOR HER
  SELENE             MOON or LUNA
  ORTHIA             SPARTA and symb of PUNISHMENT
  ORTHOSIA           same as ORTHIA
  LIMNAIA            MARSHES            
  AMARYNTIA          same as EUBEOEA
  EUBEOEA            BEAR
  LEUKOPHRYNE        NAME OF ARTEMIS IN PHRYGIA AND MAGNESIA
  EILEITHYIA         same as ILITHIA  
  ILITHIA            CHILDBIRTH  same name also GIVEN TO HERA
  art>  ON ATTIC POTTERY or AMPHORAE
        DIANA IS OFTEN SHOWN AS ARTEMIS
  THE MISTRESS OF BEASTS WITH A QUIVER ON HER SHOULDER AND
  HOLDING SOME DEAD BEAST   ancient Roman MOSAICS from the
  Piazza Armenina in Casale Sicily show DIANA during a 
  HUNTING PARTY
  TITIAN [#] PAINTED DIANA in "DEATH of ACTAEON "
  TASSI in " DIANA and CALLISTO " shows her as 
  THE VIRGIN GODDESS WHO DISCOVERED 
  THE PREGNANCY OF CALLISTO AND
  ORDERED HER DOGS TO KILL HER
  Pierre August RENOIR [#] 1841-1919 painted A PLUMP DIANA
  REMINISCENT OF THE TYPE OF WOMEN PAINTED BY RUBENS
  note a modern ATTRACTIVE AND WELL KNOWN STATUE IN GUILDED BRONZE
  BY THE AMERICAN ARTIST Augustus SAINT GAUDENS [#] 1848-1907 on
  display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
  biol> DIANELLA is a name for organisms of various species incl
        a large African monkey CERCOPHIHECUS DIANA 
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& DIANA
  symb> BEAR AND A HUNTRESS IN THE FORM OF A YOUNG VIRGIN


~ DIAPHORESIS  id+ PASS THROUGH as in PERSPIRATION   
                   in sp SUDOR = SWEAT  thus also SUDORESIS
  med> CHEMICAL DIAPHORESIS or BY ELECTROPHORESIS IS USED
       TO COLLECT SWEAT TO MEASURE ITS CHLORIDE WHICH IF
  ELEVATED IS DIAGNOSTIC OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS     


~ DIAPHRAGM  as in FRAGMENT or SEPARATE       sug> DOOR    
             gr DIA    =  ACROSS              sug> DAY
                PHRAGMA   FENCE               sug> FRAGMENT 
                PHRASEIN  ENCLOSE             sug> PHRASE
  sc> MEMBRANES THAT SEPARATE as in           sug> MEMBER
      PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS  EYE  BRAIN        or!
  biol> most often denotes                    
        A MEMBRANE THAT SEPARATES THE         sug> MIDRIFF
  ABDOMINAL CAVITY FROM THE THORAX or THORACIC CAVITY
  or THORAX AND ABDOMEN                            
  med> DIAPHRAGM IS A MUSCULAR FIBROUS SHEET or SEPTUM
       THAT SEPARATES THE CHEST CAVITY FROM THE
  ABDOMINAL or PERITONEAL CAVITY or SPACE
  THIS RESPIRATORY MUSCLE CONTRACTS AUTOMATICALLY
  also DIAPHRAGM MAY BE A SHEATHING even
  A CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE as when PLACED ON
  THE CERVIX OF THE UTERUS TO AVOID SPERM PENETRATION


~ DIAPHYSIS  id+ SEPARATION POINT BETWEEN STALK AND BRANCH
             med> SHAFT OF LONG TUBULAR BONES MOST OFTEN
  ENCLOSING A MEDULLARY CAVITY                      
  THE ENDS OF SHAFT ARE EPIPHYSES WHICH ARE WIDER AND
  FORM JOINTS OR ARTICULATIONS
  biol> MOST TUBULAR BONES IN OTHER ANIMALS ARE SIMILAR


~ DIARRHEA  modern view is limited to  
            LOOSE STOOL but
  DIARRHEA CAN MEAN ANY UNCONTROLLED FLOW 
  like IDEAS  EMOTIONS  etc
  gr DIA      = THROUGH and
        RHEEIN  FLOW   
     HAIREING   TO SEIZE
     HAIRESIS   TAKING
     HORME      IMPULSE
     HORMAEIN   TO EXCITE          sug> HORMONE
  ply> | THOSE THAT SEIZE A NEW IDEA MAY EXCITE
      or UNSETTLE OTHERS AND BECOME ONE CAUSE FOR 
   ANXIETY DIARRHEA AMONG THOSE ESTABLISHED |
   DIARRHEA implies to DISRUPT  DIVIDE as in
   gr HAIREIN  = TO TAKE
      DIAIREIN   TO DIVIDE       
   skt  SARAT    FLOW
        SARAS    FLOWING          sug> SERUM
   gr    OROS    FLOW             sug> SYRUP
   lat  HOROS    FLOW             sug> HOROSCOPE
   sp   HORA     HOUR
   gr   HORME    IMPULSE
   sp   HORMA    MOLD
   ply> | DIARRHEA and HERESY may stem for impulses
          beyond the limits of NORM or from
          HORMONAL or an ALTERATED MOLD causing
          REJECTION  EJECTION or EMISSION | 


~ DIASTASIS  id+ SEPARATION          sug> DIVORCE  
             med> PERMANENT PATHOLOGIC SEPARATION
~ DIASTEMA   med> SPACE CLEFT like 
                  SEPARATION BETWEEN TEETH


~ DIASTOLE   med> LONGEST OF THE TWO PERIODS   
                  SEPARATING HEART SOUND  
  note STOP STAY STAND 
  indoeuropean STEL or ukr STYJ = STAND STICK
  DIASTOLE IS THE TIME GAP BETWEEN    
  THE SECOND AND FIRST SOUNDS DURING WHICH
  THE HEART RELAXES TO BE FILLED WITH BLOOD
  see> DIA


~ DIATHESIS  id+ PREDISPOSITION  or 
                 NATURE  or
  CONSTITUTION as in GENETIC  INHERENT  
  PERSONAL  INDIVIDUAL        see> DIA
  med> EACH PERSON REFLECTS TWO ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS  
       NATURE AND NURTURE   sug> NATURAL   NUTRITION
  BIOLOGIC INDIVIDUALITY IS THE SUM OF EFFECTS FROM BOTH
  NATURE INCLUDES INHERITED DIATHESIS
  NURTURE DENOTES CUMULATIVE EFFECTS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT
  ply> | perhaps PERSONAL implies
         THESIS PASSED THROUGH  as in DIA and THESIS as if
  AN ORGANISM TRANSFORMS A THESIS INTO ITS OWN UNIQUE REALITY |


~ DIATRIBE  id+ VIOLENT or INJURIOUS CRITICISM
            indoeuropean TRIB = RUB 
  in sp TRITURA = CRUSH as per  TRITURATION

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