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DELIRIUM – severe impairment of information
processing in the brain affecting the basic process
of attention, perception, memory and thinking.

DELTA – a point on the first ridge formation at or
directly in front or near the center of the
divergence of the type lines.

DELUSION - a false belief based on an incorrect
inference about external reality and firmly
sustained despite clear evidence to the contrary,
and which is not related to cultural or religious
beliefs

DEMAND DRAFT – a bank transaction wherein a
client of a bank will buy or purchase a demand draft
to be presented to its branch.

DEMAND REDUCTION – a strategy, policy or
program aimed to reduce consumer demand for
controlled substances.

DEMEANOR EVIDENCE – behavior of a witness on
the witness stand during trial to be considered by
the judge on the issue of credibility.

DEMENTIA – the deterioration in intellectual
functioning after completing brain maturation.
There is a defect in the process of acquiring
knowledge or skill, problem solving, and judgment.

DEMENTIA PRAECOX — a collective term of mental
disorder usually that begins shortly after puberty
and leads to general failure of the mental faculties
with the corresponding physiological impairment.

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