{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; disjunctive, fr. &unr_; to disjoin; dia` through, asunder + &unr_; to join, yoke. ] (Anc. Mus.) Disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which, like that from F to G in modern music, lay between two fourths, and, being joined to either, made a fifth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
(n)retinopathy involving damage to the small blood vessels in the retina; results from chronically high blood glucose levels in people with poorly controlled diabetes
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