9-Letter Words Starting: DIA

• convert (an amine) into a diazo compound

• separate by dialysis

• a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning

• The material that passes through a membrane during dialysis.

• The material that does not pass through a membrane during dialysis.

• The fluid used on the other side of the membrane during dialysis.

• a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes

• the univalent cation R-N:N- (where R is an aromatic hydrocarbon); found in salts that are used in manufacturing azo dyes

• turn into a devil or make devilish

• a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

• (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

• a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix

• electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves

• a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents