(with determiner, informal) The District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States. / (with determiner, mostly local usage) Any of numerous governmental districts.

A hemolytic disease (one that destroys red blood cells releasing hemoglobin) / especially erythroblastosis fetalis

plural of disk image

(computing) a virtual disk, implemented in software, that stores its contents in RAM.

Alternative form of print-disabled

The hyperbolic plane, viewed as a disk so that Euclidean circles and lines Euclidean-perpendicular to the disk's surface are hyperbolic lines.

(of a person) Disabled in such a way as to be effectively unable to read print material, whether due to blindness, dyslexia, or another disability.

(computing) A disk of the kind that can be read and written by a Zip drive.

(banking, economics) The forces in a free market which tend to control and limit the riskiness of a financial institution's investment and lending activities, such as the concern of depositors for the safety of their deposits and the concern of bank investors for the safety and soundness of their institutions.

(medicine) A peroxisomal neurological disease that results in the malformation of myelin sheaths around nerve cells.