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dip

(dip),
1. A downward inclination or slope.
2. A preparation for coating a surface by submersion, as for the destruction of skin parasites.
[M.E. dippen]
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dip

(dĭp)
v. dipped, dipping, dips
v.tr.
1. To plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate.
2. To immerse (a sheep or other animal) in a disinfectant solution.
n.
A liquid into which something is dipped, as for dyeing or disinfecting.
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dip

Drug slang
A regional slang term for crack cocaine.
 
Obstetrics
See Deceleration.
 
Pulmonology
See Morning dip.
 
Tobacco
See Dipping tobacco.

DIP

Abbreviation for:
desisopropylpropranolol
desquamative interstitial pneumonia
diffuse interstitial pneumonia
digital image processing
Digital Information Policy, see there 
diisopropyl phosphate
distal interphalangeal
drug-induced psychosis
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DIP

1. Desquamative interstitial pneumonia, see there.
2. Distal interphalangeal–joint–anatomy.

dip

1. Deceleration–obstetrics, see there.
2. Morning dip, see there.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

DIP

Abbreviation for distal interphalangeal joints.

dip

(dip)
1. A downward inclination or slope.
2. A preparation for coating a surface by submersion, as for the destruction of skin parasites.
[M.E. dippen]
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