### discovery | finding | validation:

Data validation
* involves the identification of faulty data within a given data set.
* is important in programming.

New discovery
* New discoveries change knowledge.
* New discoveries explain observations
  - several observations
  - lead to creations
  - provide insight

Self discovery
* Self discoveries are discoveries.
* encompasses self improvement.
* is the quickest way to assimilate and appreciate new knowledge.

### discrete phenonmenon:

Thrashing
* are defeats
  - events
* discrete phenonmenon.
* have no respect for age, but they do tend to prey on the young.
* is an attitude, a skate attitude
  - corporal punishment

Discussion group
* are a popular method of sharing information.
* enable people around the world to discuss topics of shared interest.

### disease:

Acute cholecystitis
* causes bile to become trapped in the gallbladder.
* is found with a markedly edematous dilated gall bladder.
* occurs in approximately one-third of patients with gallstones.
* sudden inflammation of the gallbladder that causes severe abdominal pain.

Acute colitis
* has a wide spectrum of causes.
* occurs most commonly in dogs and frequently responds to one to three weeks of therapy.

### disease:

Acute laryngitis
* is caused by a bacterial or viral infection of the larnyx, or voice box
  - the sudden inflammation and swelling of the larynx
+ Larynx, Disorders of the larynx: Anatomy of the respiratory system
  * Acute laryngitis is the sudden inflammation and swelling of the larynx. It is caused by the common cold or by excessive shouting. It is not serious. Chronic laryngitis is caused by smoking, dust, frequent yelling, or prolonged exposure to polluted air. It is much more serious than acute laryngitis.

Acute leukaemia
* is the most common type of malignancy encountered in children
  - usually easy to diagnose
* rare disease which unfortunately, is more common in children and young people.
* tends to affect younger people and is the most common cancer in children.

Acute mastoiditis
* can also occur in conjunction with chronic ear disease.
* develops in patients with inadequately treated otitis media.
* natural extension of acute otitis media.

Acute poliomyelitis
* causes degeneration of anterior horn cells, followed by denervation.
* is an enteroviral infection that occurs in several phases.
* viral infection which invades the body through the gastrointestinal tract.

### disease:

Acute toxicity
* Acute toxicities can produce nervous symptoms as well
  - vary among the regimens, as do the doses and schedules of drugs and radiation
* ascertains the impact of effluent in creating short-term reversible effects.
* includes drowsiness, lethargy, and depression
  - vomiting, anorexia, constipation, sedation and incoordination
* involves harmful effects in an organism through a single or short-term exposure.
* is different from chronic toxicity
  - due chiefly to effects on the central nervous system
  - studied by using a rising dose until signs of toxicity become apparent
  - usually due to ingestion
* refers to a contaminant's ability to cause immediately detectable health problems
  - toxicity that has a short duration
* results from a single, short exposure.