English words starting with diph

Meanings of Diphenhydramine:

noun

An antihistamine compound used for the symptomatic relief of allergies.

Usage examples:

Take an antihistamine containing diphenhydramine (benadryl, tylenol severe allergy) or chlorphenira…

Meanings of Diphenylamine:

noun

A synthetic crystalline compound with basic properties, used in making azo dyes and as an insecticide and larvicide.

Usage examples:

However, fluorescence has also been used to evaluate new storage practices, such as hydrocooling of…

Meanings of Diphtheria:

noun

An acute and highly contagious bacterial disease causing inflammation of the mucous membranes, formation of a false membrane in the throat which hinders breathing and swallowing, and potentially fatal heart and nerve damage by a bacterial toxin in the blood. it is now rare in developed countries owing to immunization.

Usage examples:

Epidemics such as influenza, pneumonia, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and typhoid took a deadly toll.

Meanings of Diphtheric:

adjective

Diphtheritic.

Meanings of Diphtheritically:

adverb

By diphtheria; in the manner of diphtheria; as regards diphtheria.

Meanings of Diphtheroid:

noun

Any bacterium of a genus that includes the diphtheria bacillus, especially one that does not cause disease.

Usage examples:

Other normal inhabitants of the birth canal - staph, strep, diphtheroids, anaerobes, e. coli and li…

adjective

Similar to diphtheria.

Usage examples:

Diphtheroid endocarditis

Meanings of Diphthong:

noun

A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another (as in coin, loud, and side ).

Meanings of Diphthongise:

verb

Change (a vowel) into a diphthong.

Usage examples:

The short vowel was not lengthened or diphthongized

Meanings of Diphthongised:

verb

Change (a vowel) into a diphthong.

Usage examples:

The short vowel was not lengthened or diphthongized

Meanings of Diphthongising:

verb

Change (a vowel) into a diphthong.

Usage examples:

The short vowel was not lengthened or diphthongized

Meanings of Diphthongize:

verb

Change (a vowel) into a diphthong.

Usage examples:

The short vowel was not lengthened or diphthongized

Meanings of Diphthongized:

verb

Change (a vowel) into a diphthong.

Usage examples:

The short vowel was not lengthened or diphthongized

Meanings of Diphthongizing:

verb

Change (a vowel) into a diphthong.

Usage examples:

The short vowel was not lengthened or diphthongized

Meanings of Diphthongs:

noun

A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another (as in coin, loud, and side ).

Meanings of Diphycercal:

adjective

(of a fish's tail) approximately symmetrical and with the vertebral column continuing to the tip, as in lampreys.

Usage examples:

The symmetrical, diphycercal tail, not perfected by gnathostomes until the cretaceous, was standard…