DIACHYLON, d[=i]-ak'i-lon, DIACHYLUM, d[=i]-ak'i-lum, _n._ common
sticking-plaster. [Gr. _diachylos_--_dia_, and _chylos_, juice.]
DIACHYMA, d[=i]-ak'i-ma, _n._ the parenchyma of leaves. [Gr. _dia_,
through, _chyma_, juice.]
DIACODIUM, d[=i]-a-k[=o]'di-um, _n._ a syrup of poppies. [L.,--Gr. _dia_,
through, _k[=o]deia_, a poppy-head.]
DIACONATE, d[=i]-ak'o-n[=a]t, _n._ the office of a deacon.--_adj._
DIAC'ONAL, pertaining to a deacon.
DIACONICON, d[=i]-a-kon'i-kon, _n._ a sacristy for sacred vessels, in a
Greek church, on the south side of the bema or sanctuary.
DIACOUSTIC, d[=i]-a-kows'tik, _adj._ pertaining to the refraction of sound
through various mediums.--_n._ DIACOUS'TICS, the branch of physics which
deals with refracted sounds. [Formed from Gr. _dia_, through, and
_acoustics_.]
DIACRITIC, -AL, d[=i]-a-krit'ik, -al, _adj._ distinguishing between--used
of marks or points attached to the letters of various languages. [Gr.
_diakritikos_, _diakrinein_--_dia_, between, and _krinein_, to distinguish.
See CRITIC.]
DIACTINE, d[=i]-ak'tin, _adj._ having two rays.--Also DIAC'TINAL.
DIACTINIC, d[=i]-ak-tin'ik, _adj._ capable of transmitting the actinic rays
of the sun.
DIADELPHOUS, d[=i]-a-del'fus, _adj._ grouped together in two sets--of the
stamens of plants.--_n._ D[=I]'ADELPH. [Formed from Gr. _di-_, double, and
_adelphos_, brother.]
DIADEM, d[=i]'a-dem, _n._ a band or fillet worn round the head as a badge
of royalty: a crown: royalty.--_adj._ D[=I]'ADEMED, wearing a
diadem.--DIADEM SPIDER, the common garden spider--from its markings. [O.
Fr. _diademe_--L. _diadema_--Gr. _diad[=e]ma_--_dia_, round, and _deein_,
to bind.]
DIADEXIS, d[=i]-a-dek'sis, _n._ (_path._) the transformation of one disease
into another, differing both in location and character. [Gr.]
DIADOCHI, d[=i]-ad'o-k[=i], _n._ the generals who became monarchs of the
various kingdoms (Syria, Egypt, &c.) into which the empire of Alexander the
Great split after his death (323 B.C.). [Gr. _diadochos_, succeeding, a
successor; _diadechesthai_, to succeed.]