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Dexter: New Blood

Dexter: New Blood, the 2021 Showtime limited series (also called the Dexter revival), continues Dexter Morgan's story ten years later in Iron Lake, New York, under the alias Jim Lindsay, ending with Harrison shooting his father.

Dexter: Original Sin

Dexter: Original Sin is a 2024 Paramount+ with Showtime prequel to Dexter, created by Clyde Phillips, set in 1991 Miami with Patrick Gibson as young Dexter, Christian Slater as Harry, and Michael C. Hall narrating; renewed then un-renewed for season 2 in 2025.

Dexter: Resurrection

Dexter: Resurrection, also called Dexter Resurrection, is a Paramount+ with Showtime crime drama sequel starring Michael C. Hall, reviving Dexter Morgan after Dexter: New Blood; season 1 (10 episodes, 2025) drew a 65 Metascore and a record Showtime premiere, with season 2 arriving October 30, 2026.

Dexter's Laboratory

Dexter's Laboratory is a 1996–2003 Cartoon Network animated series created by Genndy Tartakovsky, the first Cartoon Cartoon, about boy genius Dexter, sister Dee Dee, and rival Mandark, with Dial M for Monkey and Justice Friends segments.

Dexterity (company)

Dexterity, Inc. is a private American robotics company founded by Samir Menon in 2017 in Redwood City, California, known for its dual-armed warehouse robot Mech and deployments with FedEx.

Dexterity index

A dexterity index is a quantitative measure of a robot arm's ability to move and orient its end effector, computed from the Jacobian matrix to compare geometries and avoid singular configurations.

Dexterous manipulation

Dexterous manipulation is the use of multiple robot fingers to control, reorient, and reposition objects, a central goal of robotics since human hands do it effortlessly.

Dexterous Robotics Laboratory

The Dexterous Robotics Laboratory is a robotics research group at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, best known for Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space, and Valkyrie.

Dextran

Dextran, also called clinical dextran 40/70, is a bacterial α-1,6-glucan polysaccharide made from sucrose by Leuconostoc dextransucrase; used as plasma expander, antithrombotic, iron dextran carrier, and chromatography matrix.

Dextranase

Dextranase (EC 3.2.1.11, 6-α-D-glucan 6-glucanohydrolase) hydrolyzes α-1,6 bonds in dextran; used mainly to remove dextran in sugar processing, with Chaetomium fungal enzymes, GRAS and EFSA safety evaluations, and dental biofilm research.

Dextranomer

Dextranomer (Debrisan, Deflux, Solesta) is a cross-linked dextran polymer used as wound-cleansing beads and, with hyaluronic acid, as an injectable bulking agent for vesicoureteral reflux and fecal incontinence.

Dextre

Dextre, formally the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM), is a two-armed maintenance robot built by the Canadian Space Agency for the International Space Station, launched in 2008.

Dextrin

Dextrin (British gum), C6H10O5, is starch partially converted by acids, enzymes, or roasting at 140–160 °C; includes limit dextrins from amylase digestion, cyclodextrins, and digestion-resistant dextrin used as dietary fiber and adhesive.

Dextroamphetamine

Dextroamphetamine, also known as dexamfetamine or Dexedrine, is a central nervous system stimulant prescribed mainly for ADHD and narcolepsy, and the more potent of amphetamine's two enantiomers.

Dextrocardia

Dextrocardia: congenital condition in which the heart sits in the right chest, pointing right; also called mirror-image heart with situs inversus. Occurs in about 1 in 12,000 pregnancies; isolated cases are benign, but situs solitus or ambiguous forms carry frequent complex heart defects.

Dextromethorphan

Dextromethorphan (DXM, Romilar), a morphinan NMDA antagonist and sigma-1 agonist: OTC cough suppressant since 1958, and prescription drug in Nuedexta (pseudobulbar affect) and Auvelity (depression, Alzheimer's agitation).

Dextromoramide

Dextromoramide (Palfium, Jetrium) is a synthetic methadone-related opioid analgesic, C25H32N2O2, more potent but shorter-acting than morphine; formerly used for severe pain, now DEA Schedule I and discontinued in Europe.

Dextropropoxyphene

Dextropropoxyphene, a weak synthetic opioid analgesic (d-isomer of propoxyphene, co-proxamol with paracetamol), withdrawn from EU, US, and UK markets 2005-2010 over fatal overdose risk.

Sep 29, 2026

Dextrose prolotherapy

Dextrose prolotherapy is an injection therapy in which hypertonic dextrose solution, typically 12.5% to 25%, is injected into tendons, ligaments, or joints to treat chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Dextrothyroxine

Dextrothyroxine (D-thyroxine, Choloxin) is the D-enantiomer of thyroxine, an antihyperlipidemic approved in 1967 and withdrawn after the Coronary Drug Project showed excess deaths in its dextrothyroxine arm.

DEXX

DEXX (เด็กซ์), Diverse Element of XX, is a six-member Thai T-pop boy group under DMD Music, formed from Domundi TV actors Jamessu, Tutor, Yim, Auau, Por, and TeeTee; debuted 24 June 2025 with "Clang Clang".

DexYCB

DexYCB is a computer-vision dataset of human hands grasping real objects, created by NVIDIA and the University of Washington and presented at CVPR in 2021.

Dexys Midnight Runners

Dexys Midnight Runners, also known as Dexys, are an English pop-soul band from Birmingham formed in 1978 by Kevin Rowland, known for the UK and US number-one hits 'Geno' and 'Come On Eileen'.

Sep 24, 2026

Dey of Algiers

The Dey of Algiers (داي) was the sovereign ruler of the Regency of Algiers from 1671, when the corsair captains rebelled, until the French conquest ended the office in 1830.

Deyang

Deyang Shi (德阳市, Deyang City) is a prefecture-level city in central Sichuan on the Chengdu Plain, established in 1983 and one of China's major heavy equipment manufacturing bases.

Deyev

Deyev kurgan (Діїв курган, Деев курган) is a late 4th-century BC Scythian burial mound near Nyzhni Sirohozy, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, excavated 1891 and 1897, famous for an intact noblewoman's burial with gold maenad plaques and sphinx earrings.

Deyuan Ancient City Site

德源古城遗址 (Deyuan ancient city site), originally Dengchuan city, a Tang-dynasty fortress founded 738 CE on Deyuan Hill, Eryuan county, Dali, Yunnan; seat of Dengtan Zhao, rammed-earth wall 1.3 km, national key protection site since 2019.

Sep 19, 2026

Dez Altino

Dez Altino, born Tiga Wendwaoga Désiré Ouédraogo in 1978, is a Burkinabè singer and self-producer known as "le prince national" who fuses Mossi rhythms with reggae and urban pop.

Dez Bryant

Dez Bryant, American NFL wide receiver from Oklahoma State, drafted 24th overall by Dallas in 2010; three-time Pro Bowler, 41 touchdowns 2012-14, famous 2014 playoff no-catch, later Saints and Ravens.