digitalis
Plant of the genus Digitalis, including foxgloves. Drug prepared from
the seeds and dried leaves used as a cardiac stimulant.

dilatory
Delay or postpone.

discomfit
Make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert; embarrass; thwart the plans of;
frustrate.

dry cupping
See cupping.

dysmenorrhea
Painful menstruation.

effusion
Seeping of serous, purulent, or bloody fluid into a body cavity or
tissue. The effused fluid.

eiderdown (eider down)
Down of the eider duck, used to stuff quilts and pillows. Quilt stuffed
with the down of the eider duck.

empyema
Pus in a body cavity, especially the pleural cavity.

ennui