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Dermatoses of infancy
Dermatoses of infancy (ICD-11 EH40) are skin diseases of infants from birth to about 2 years, including infantile seborrhoeic dermatitis, napkin dermatoses, erythrodermas, and acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy.
Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (dEDS, EDS type VIIC, OMIM 225410) is an ultra-rare autosomal recessive ADAMTS2-related EDS with extreme skin fragility, lax skin, bruising, and hieroglyphic collagen fibrils on electron microscopy.
DermBiont, Inc.
DermBiont, Inc. is a Boston-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing targeted topical small-molecule therapeutics for skin diseases, with lead candidates SM-020 for seborrheic keratoses and SM-030 for melasma.
Dermestidae
Dermestidae, the skin, hide, larder, and carpet beetles, is a beetle family whose larvae scavenge dried animal matter; the khapra beetle Trogoderma granarium is its worst stored-product pest.
Dermira
Dermira, also known as Skintelligence, Inc., was a specialty biopharmaceutical company in Menlo Park, California, known for Qbrexza and lebrikizumab and acquired by Eli Lilly in 2020.
Dermis
Dermis (corium): the middle, connective-tissue layer of skin between epidermis and hypodermis, with papillary and reticular layers, collagen, elastin, vessels, nerves, glands, and hair follicles.
Dermochondrocorneal dystrophy
Dermochondrocorneal dystrophy, or François syndrome (OMIM 221800), is an extremely rare childhood-onset disorder combining skin nodules, hand and foot osteochondrodystrophy, and corneal opacities; fewer than 20 patients reported, inheritance uncertain, no gene identified.
Dermographism
Dermographism is a skin condition in which firm stroking or scratching produces raised red lines within minutes, the most common form of chronic inducible urticaria, first treated with antihistamines.
Dermoid cyst
The dermoid cyst, also known as a mature teratoma or benign cystic teratoma, is a benign ovarian germ cell tumor that commonly contains tissue from all three germ layers.
Dermontti Dawson
Dermontti Farra Dawson (born 1965), NFL center for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1988–2000, Hall of Fame Class of 2012; seven Pro Bowls, six straight first-team All-Pro, 1990s All-Decade, pioneer of the pulling center.
Dermophiidae
Dermophiidae, the Neotropical and Tropical African caecilians, is a family of limbless amphibians with four genera (Dermophis, Geotrypetes, Gymnopis, Schistometopum) and 15 viviparous species ranging from Mexico to Colombia and West Africa to Kenya.
Dermophis donaldtrumpi
Dermophis donaldtrumpi is a proposed name for a newly discovered, nearly blind, 10 cm caecilian from Panama, named in December 2018 after Donald Trump by EnviroBuild, which paid $25,000 at a Rainforest Trust auction to protest his climate stance; the name awaits formal publication.
Dermoscopy
Dermoscopy, also called dermatoscopy or epiluminescence microscopy, is a noninvasive technique using a magnifying illuminated device to visualize subsurface skin structures and detect melanoma earlier.
Dermot Crowley
Dermot Joseph Crowley, Irish actor born 1947 in Cork, known as General Madine in Return of the Jedi, Martin Schenk in Luther and Luther: The Fallen Sun, and Kaganovich in The Death of Stalin.
Dermot Desmond
Dermot Desmond is an Irish billionaire financier and venture investor who founded NCB and IIU, promoted Dublin's International Financial Services Centre, and is the largest shareholder in Celtic FC.
Dermot Kennedy
Dermot Kennedy (born 1991) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Rathcoole, Dublin, who busked on Grafton Street before a Spotify breakthrough with 'An Evening I Will Not Forget' (2015). Albums Without Fear, Sonder, and The Weight of the Woods all reached UK number one.
Dermot M.F. Cooper
Dermot M.F. Cooper is a pharmacologist known for his work on adenylyl cyclases and calcium regulation of cyclic AMP, holding faculty positions at the University of Colorado and Cambridge.
Dermot Mee
Dermot Mee (Dermot William Mee, born 2002, Birmingham) is a Northern Irish goalkeeper at Manchester United, number 45, contracted to June 2028, with loans at Trafford, Runcorn Linnets, Witton Albion, and Altrincham and 4 Northern Ireland U21 caps.
Dermot Morgan
Dermot Morgan (1952–1998), Irish comedian, satirist and actor, star of Channel 4's Father Ted as Father Ted Crilly; earlier famous in Ireland for Father Trendy on The Live Mike and the radio satire Scrap Saturday.
Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney, American actor and cellist from Alexandria, Virginia, known for My Best Friend's Wedding, Young Guns, Longtime Companion, and Chicago Fire's Chief Dom Pascal.
Dermot O’Hare
Dermot O'Hare, born in Newry, County Down, is Professor of Organometallic and Materials Chemistry at the University of Oxford, known for layered double hydroxide nanomaterials and CO2 capture research.
Dermot O'Leary
Dermot O'Leary (Seán Dermot Fintan O'Leary, born 1973) is a British-Irish broadcaster known for hosting The X Factor (2007–2018), Big Brother's Little Brother, BBC Radio 2's Saturday show, and This Morning Fridays with Alison Hammond.
Derna dam collapses
The Derna dam collapses were the 2023 failures of two aging dams above Derna, Libya, during Storm Daniel, unleashing a flood that killed thousands and destroyed whole neighborhoods.
Derniers vers
Derniers vers (Last Verses) is a posthumous 1890 collection of poems by the French writer Jules Laforgue, generally regarded as the first full-length volume of free verse in French poetry.
DeRolph v. State
DeRolph v. State is a series of Ohio Supreme Court school-finance decisions (1997-2002) holding that Ohio's property-tax-based school funding system violated the state constitution's thorough-and-efficient Education Clause; oversight ended in 2003 without compliance.
Deron Williams
Deron Williams, American NBA point guard (2005-2017), drafted third overall by Utah Jazz from Illinois; Chris Paul's draft-class rival. Starred in Utah's pick-and-roll, traded to Nets 2011, later Mavericks and Cavaliers.
Derpibooru
Derpibooru, also reachable as trixiebooru.org, is an image board dedicated to My Little Pony fan art. Founded in 2012, it is the largest My Little Pony image archive.
Derpy Hooves
Derpy Hooves, also called Ditzy Doo, Muffins, or Bubbles, is a fan-named cross-eyed gray pegasus background character from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, named on 4chan in 2010, given a speaking role in The Last Roundup, and edited after an ableism controversy.
Derren Brown
Derren Brown (born 1971, Croydon) is a British psychological illusionist and mentalist who debuted on Channel 4's Mind Control in 2000, won two Olivier Awards, and currently tours Only Human.
Derren Nesbitt
Derren Nesbitt, born Derren Michael Horwitz in 1935, is a British actor best known for playing the Gestapo officer Major von Hapen in Where Eagles Dare (1968).