If the UTI is more severe and/or has spread into the kidneys, it may cause flank pain, high fever, shaking, chills, nausea or vomiting. Sometimes, antibiotics may be prescribed without requiring a urine culture for young women with signs and symptoms of a UTI and who have an uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection.
degauss in Science Expand. To neutralize or rebalance the magnetic field of a magnetized object, such as a computer monitor or the read/write head of a disk drive or tape recorder. To erase information from a magnetic disk, tape, or other magnetic storage device.
dehydration. 1. the process of dehydrating or removing the water from a substance. 2. the state of being dehydrated. deliquescence. the property of a substance to attract and absorb moisture, especially from the air. Cf. efflorescence. â deliquescent, adj. dowsing. a form of divination involving a rod or wand, especially the art of finding underground supplies of water, ores, etc.