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DiGeorge syndrome
DiGeorge syndrome, also called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome or velocardiofacial syndrome, is a genetic disorder from a deletion at chromosome 22q11.2 causing heart defects, immune deficiency, palatal anomalies, hypocalcemia, and psychosis risk.
Digest access authentication
Digest access authentication, also known as Digest authentication, is an HTTP challenge–response scheme, defined in RFC 2069 in 1997, that lets a client prove password knowledge without sending it in the clear.
Digestate processing
Digestate processing treats digestate, the wet residue left after anaerobic digestion, separating it into liquid and solid fractions and recovering nitrogen and phosphorus as fertilizers.
Digestif (Yellowjackets)
"Digestif" is the third episode of the second season of the American drama series Yellowjackets, released in April 2023 on Showtime and directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd.
Digestion
Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into absorbable nutrients in the GI tract, involving the mouth, stomach, small intestine, and accessory organs; differs between monogastric humans and pigs and ruminants like cattle.
Digestion and absorption
Digestion and absorption: the gastrointestinal processes that break food into monosaccharides, amino acids, and fatty acids and move them across the small-intestinal epithelium via paracellular and transcellular transport, and how maldigestion and malabsorption arise.
Digestive biscuit
Digestive biscuit: semi-sweet British wheatmeal biscuit created by Alexander Grant at McVitie & Price in 1892 (1839 origin also claimed), named for baking soda once believed to aid digestion; chocolate version, nutrition, and comparative taste tests.
Digestive diseases
Digestive Diseases (Dig Dis) is a peer-reviewed gastroenterology journal published by S. Karger, Basel; founded 1983 as Survey of Digestive Diseases, ISSN 0257-2753, indexed in MEDLINE, edited by Peter Malfertheiner.
Digestive enzyme
Digestive enzymes are extracellular hydrolases (EC class 3) such as amylase, lipase, pepsin, and trypsin that break food macromolecules into absorbable units; covers pH optima, pancreatic secretion, PERT dosing, and supplements.
Digestive surgery
Digestive surgery: operative treatment of digestive tract and associated organs; also Digestive Surgery (Dig Surg), Karger journal for gastrointestinal surgeons founded 1984, official journal of the Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae and European Digestive Surgery.
Digestive System Diagnostic Techniques
Digestive system diagnostic techniques: imaging (fluoroscopy, CT, MRI, ultrasound), endoscopy (upper GI endoscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP, capsule endoscopy), and lab tests (stool, breath, blood, biopsy) used to diagnose GI, liver, pancreatic, and biliary diseases.
Digestive system fistula
Digestive system fistula (ICD-11 ME24.1): an abnormal epithelial connection between the GI tract and another organ or the skin. Mostly acquired from surgery, Crohn's disease, diverticulitis, cancer, or radiation; 20–37% of enterocutaneous fistulas close spontaneously.
Digestive system of bivalves
The digestive system of bivalves is the alimentary tract built around a rotating crystalline style, with a stomach, digestive gland, and intestine that complete digestion intracellularly.
Digestive system of gastropods
Digestive system of gastropods: the snail and slug gut, mouth to anus, with radula, salivary glands and digestive gland; torsion makes the gut U-shaped, and organization varies with herbivory, carnivory, or parasitism.
Digestive System Surgical Procedures
Digestive system surgical procedures (MeSH E04.210): operations on the gastrointestinal tract, liver, biliary tract, and pancreas, performed open, laparoscopically, or robot-assisted, with ERAS perioperative care protocols.
Digg
Digg is a social news website launched in 2004 where users submit links and vote on them, popularizing the up-vote model later adopted by Reddit.
Digga D
Digga D (Rhys Angelo Emile Herbert, born 2000), also known as Digga, is a British UK drill rapper from Ladbroke Grove, London, frontman of 1011/CGM, subject of a police CBO, with the Number 1 mixtape Noughty by Nature.
Digger (2026 film)
Digger (2026) is a Warner Bros./Legendary black comedy directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, starring Tom Cruise as oil tycoon Digger Rockwell; shot entirely in VistaVision, released October 2, 2026.
Digger tradition
The Digger tradition is the Australian folklore of the soldier, or "digger", arising from soldiers' own jokes, songs, and slang, distinct from the heroic, officially sanctioned ANZAC tradition.
Diggers
The Diggers, or True Levellers, were English agrarian communists of 1649-1650 led by Gerrard Winstanley and William Everard, who cultivated common land at St George's Hill, Surrey, before suppression.
Digging
"Digging" is a 1966 poem by Seamus Heaney and the opening poem of his debut collection Death of a Naturalist, where the speaker vows to dig with his pen.
Diggy Simmons
Diggy Simmons (Daniel Dwayne Simmons III, born 1995), American rapper and actor, son of Run-D.M.C.'s Rev Run; The First Flight mixtape, Atlantic Records, Unexpected Arrival, and Doug Edwards on Grown-ish.
Digha (দীঘা)
Digha (দীঘা), formerly Beerkul, is West Bengal's most popular seaside resort in Purba Medinipur, with Old and New Digha beaches, casuarina groves, a Jagannath temple, and severe coastal erosion.
Digha Karayana
Digha Karayana, nephew of the executed general Bandhula, was commander-in-chief of King Pasenadi of Kosala who deserted him, crowned Vidudabha king, and paved the way for the destruction of the Shakya clan.
Dīgha Nikāya
The Dīgha Nikāya, or Long Discourses of the Buddha, is a Buddhist scripture of 34 suttas, the first collection of the Pali Canon's Sutta Piṭaka.
Dīghajāṇu
Dīghajāṇu (दीघजानु), also called Byagghapajja, was a Koliyan householder of Kakkarapatta and a lay disciple of the Buddha, known for the Dīghajāṇu Sutta (AN 8.54), a guide to welfare in this life and the next.
Dīghanakha
Dīghanakha (दीघनख, "Long-nails") was a wandering ascetic, a nephew of Sāriputta in the Pali tradition, whose debate with the Buddha and conversion are recorded in the Dīghanakha Sutta (MN 74).
Dīghasandana
Dīghasandana (दीघसन्दन) was, according to Sri Lanka's Pali chronicles, commander-in-chief of King Devānampiyatissa in the 3rd century BCE, remembered for building a residence for the thera Mahinda at Anurādhapura.
Digi Telecommunications
Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd was a Malaysian mobile network operator founded in 1994, which launched the country's first GSM 1800 network and merged with Celcom in 2022.
Digi-Key Electronics
Digi-Key Electronics, branded DigiKey, is an American authorized distributor of electronic components and automation products, founded in 1972 and headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, shipping millions of parts same day.