Glossary D
Glossary D
Dietary reference intakes is defined as the framework for nutrient recommendations being made as a part of the revision of the 1989 RDA.
Diethylstilbestrol refers to a powerful estrogen that has been linked to cancer in the reproductive organs of children of women who used the hormone when pregnant.
Diethylstilbestrol also refers to a synthetic hormone, formerly prescribed to prevent miscarriage, that can produce cervical cancer in female offspring and genital-tract abnormalities in males.
Diethylstilbestrol is also known as DES.
Dieticians refer to trained and licensed individuals who apply principles of nutrition and food management to meal planning for institutions, such as hospitals, or for individuals who need help planning and managing special diets.
Deutsch: Unterschied / Español: Diferencia / Português: Diferença / Français: Différence / Italiano: Differenza /
Difference is a term used in research methods in behavior that refers to a basic property of all measurement scales such that objects or their attributes can be categorized as different from each other.
Difference scores refer to a method for interpreting neuropsychological test data that focuses on the difference between a patient's scores on two (2) separate tests. Difference scores above a certain level are suggestive of impairment.
Difference threshold may refer to:
1. the average point at which two (2) stimuli are judged to be different;.
2. a change in stimulus intensity that is detectable to an observer; and
3. the minimal detectable difference between two (2) stimuli.
Difference viewpoint is the view that cognitive development of children with mental retardation differs from that of normally developing children in more ways than merely differences in developmental rate and upper limit.