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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK Words: 116197

Bishop's sphygmoscope
<instrument> An instrument for measuring the blood pressure, with special reference to diastolic pressure; the tube is filled with a solution of cadmium borotungstate, and the scale is the reverse of that of a mercurial manometer, the pressure being made directly by the weight of the liquid and not by compressed air. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bishydroxycoumarin
Synonym for dicumarol ... <chemical> An oral anticoagulant that interferes with the metabolism of vitamin k. It is also used in biochemical experiments as an inhibitor of reductases. ... Pharmacological action: anticoagulant, enzyme inhibitors, uncoupling agents. ... Chemical name: 2H-1-Benzopyran-2-one, 3,3'-methylenebis(4-hydroxy- ... (12 Dec 1 …

bisiliac
Relating to any two corresponding iliac parts or structures, as the iliac bones or iliac fossae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biskra boil
Synonym for Aleppo boil ... The lesion occurring in cutaneous leishmaniasis. ... See: cutaneous leishmaniasis ... Synonym: Biskra boil. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Biskra button
The lesion occurring in cutaneous leishmaniasis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bismarck brown R
A diazo dye similar to Bismarck brown Y. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bismarck brown Y
A diazo dye used for staining mucin and cartilage in histologic sections, in the Papanicolaou technique for vaginal smears, and as one of Kasten's Schiff-type reagents in the PAS and Feulgen stains. ... Synonym: vesuvin. ... Origin: Ger. Bismarckbraun, after Otto von Bismarck, Ger. Chancellor ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth
<chemistry> One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white colour, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507 deg Fahr, being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some mine …

bismuth aluminate
A gastric antacid. ... Synonym: aluminum bismuth oxide. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth ammonium citrate
Ammoniocitrate of bismuth; an intestinal astringent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth carbonate
Synonym for bismuth subcarbonate ... (BiO)2CO3;used for the same purposes as bismuth subnitrate, but has lower toxicity. ... Synonym: bismuth carbonate, bismuth oxycarbonate, bismuthyl carbonate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth chloride oxide
Synonym for bismuth oxychloride ... BiOCl;basic bismuth chloride, used for the same purposes as the subnitrate. ... Synonym: bismuth chloride oxide, bismuthyl chloride. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth citrate
Used in the making of bismuth and ammonium citrate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth hydroxide
(Bi(OH)3), used in detecting reducing sugars. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth iodide
BiI3;used in electron microscopy to reveal synapses. ... Synonym: bismuth triiodide. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth line
A black zone on the free marginal gingiva, often the first sign of poisoning from prolonged parenteral administration of bismuth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth oxide
Bi2O3;used for the same purposes as the subnitrate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth oxycarbonate
Synonym for bismuth subcarbonate ... (BiO)2CO3;used for the same purposes as bismuth subnitrate, but has lower toxicity. ... Synonym: bismuth carbonate, bismuth oxycarbonate, bismuthyl carbonate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth oxychloride
BiOCl;basic bismuth chloride, used for the same purposes as the subnitrate. ... Synonym: bismuth chloride oxide, bismuthyl chloride. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth oxynitrate
Synonym for bismuth subnitrate ... A basic salt, the composition of which varies with the conditions of preparation; used internally as an intestinal astringent and externally as a mild astringent and antiseptic; the metal is used as an electron microscope stain for nucleic acids. ... Synonym: bismuth oxynitrate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth salicylate
See: bismuth subsalicylate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth sodium tartrate
A basic sodium bismuth tartrate; an antisyphilitic agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth sodium triglycollamate
Sodium bismuth complex of nitrilotriacetic acid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth subcarbonate
(BiO)2CO3;used for the same purposes as bismuth subnitrate, but has lower toxicity. ... Synonym: bismuth carbonate, bismuth oxycarbonate, bismuthyl carbonate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth subgallate
Used internally in diarrhoea and externally as an astringent and protective dusting powder. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth subnitrate
A basic salt, the composition of which varies with the conditions of preparation; used internally as an intestinal astringent and externally as a mild astringent and antiseptic; the metal is used as an electron microscope stain for nucleic acids. ... Synonym: bismuth oxynitrate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth subsalicylate
Used as an intestinal antiseptic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth tribromophenate
Used externally as an antiseptic. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth trichloride
BiCl3;addition of water results in formation of bismuth oxychloride. ... Synonym: butter of bismuth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuth triiodide
Synonym for bismuth iodide ... BiI3;used in electron microscopy to reveal synapses. ... Synonym: bismuth triiodide. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuthosis
Chronic bismuth poisoning. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuthyl carbonate
Synonym for bismuth subcarbonate ... (BiO)2CO3;used for the same purposes as bismuth subnitrate, but has lower toxicity. ... Synonym: bismuth carbonate, bismuth oxycarbonate, bismuthyl carbonate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bismuthyl chloride
Synonym for bismuth oxychloride ... BiOCl;basic bismuth chloride, used for the same purposes as the subnitrate. ... Synonym: bismuth chloride oxide, bismuthyl chloride. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bison
<zoology> The aurochs or European bison. ... The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is …

bisoprolol
<chemical> 1-(4-((2-(1-methylethoxy)ethoxy)methyl)phenoxy)-3-((1-methylethyl)amino)-2-propanol. A cardioselective beta-1-adrenergic blocker. It is effective in the management of hypertension and angina pectoris. ... Pharmacological action: adrenergic beta-antagonists, antihypertensive agents, sympatholytics. ... Chemical name: 2-Propanol, 1-(4- …

bisoxatin acetate
2,2-Bis(p-hydroxyphenyl)-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one diacetate;a laxative. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bisphenol a-glycidyl methacrylate
<chemical> The reaction product of bisphenol a and glycidyl methacrylate that undergoes polymerization when exposed to ultraviolet light or mixed with a catalyst. It is used as a bond implant material and as the resin component of dental sealants and composite restorative materials. ... Chemical name: 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, (1-methylethy …

bisphosphoglycerate mutase
<enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the transfer of phosphate from c-3 of 1,3-diphosphoglycerate to c-2 of 3-phosphoglycerate, forming 2,3-diphosphoglycerate. ... Chemical name: 3-Phospho-D-glycerate 1,2-phosphomutase ... Registry number: EC 5.4.2.4 ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bisphospoglycerate
Previously known as 1,3-diphosphoglycerate (1,3DPG), this molecule is the first molecule that generates ATP in glycolysis. Its phosphorylgroupgenerates a high-potential phosphorylated compound through a redoxreaction.1,3BPG is also responsible for the production of an allosteric effector of haemoglobin, 2, 3-bisphosphoglycerate (2, 3BPG). Inthis re …

bissextile
Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. More than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile d …

bistatin
<protein> Disintegrin found in the venom of the puff adder Bitis arietans. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

bistephanic
Relating to both stephanions; denoting particularly the bistephanic width of the cranium, or bistephanic diameter, the shortest distance from one stephanion to the other. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bisteroid
A molecule composed of two molecules of a given steroid joined together by a carbon-to-carbon bond. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bistoury
A long, narrow-bladed knife, with a straight or curved edge and sharp or blunt point (probe-point); used for opening or slitting cavities or hollow structures. ... Origin: Fr. Bistouri, fr. It. Dialect bistori, perh. Fr. Pistoia, Italy ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bistratal
Having two strata or layers. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bisulfate
A salt containing HSO4-. ... Synonym: acid sulfate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bisulfide
A compound of the anion HS-; an acid sulfide. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bisulfite
A salt or ion of HSO3-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bit
Acrony m for binary digit. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bite
1. To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man. 'Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain.' (Shak) ... 2. To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food. ... 3 …

bite analysis
Synonym for occlusal analysis ... A study of the relations of the occlusal surfaces of opposing teeth and their effect upon related structures. ... Synonym: bite analysis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bite force
The force applied by the masticatory muscles in dental occlusion. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bite fork
Synonym for face-bow fork ... <dentistry> That part of the face-bow assemblage used to attach the maxillary trial base to the face-bow proper. ... Synonym: bite fork. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bite gauge
Synonym for gnathodynamometer ... <instrument> A device for measuring biting pressure. ... Synonym: bite gauge, occlusometer. ... Origin: Gnatho-+ dynamometer ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bite plane
<dentistry> A removable appliance made of acrylic designed to open a deep bite. ... See: occlusal plane. ... (06 Mar 2000) ...

bite rim
Synonym for occlusion rim ... Occluding surfaces built on temporary or permanent denture bases for the purpose of making maxillomandibular relation records and for arranging teeth. ... Synonym: bite rim, occlusal rim, record rim. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bite stick
<dentistry> A device the orthodontist uses to help put on your bands. The orthodontist puts the band in place, then asks you to bite down on the bite stick to help push the band in place. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...

bitemporal
Relating to both temples or temporal bones. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitemporal hemianopia
Blindness in the temporal field of vision of both eyes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

biteplate
A removable appliance that incorporates a plane of acrylic designed to occlude with the opposing teeth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bites
Penetration of the skin (puncture or laceration) causing reactions that result from 1) mechanical injury; 2) injection of toxic material such as snake or scorpion venom; 3) injection of antigenic substance, especially by insect or arthropod bites, capable of inducing and eliciting allergic sensitization; 4) introduction of otherwise saprophytic flo …

bites, human
Bites inflicted by humans. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bitewing
See: bitewing radiograph. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitewing film
A special packaging of radiographic film that allows appendage of the film package to be held between the occlusal surfaces of the teeth. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitewing radiograph
Intraoral dental film adapted to show the coronal portion and cervical third of the root of the teeth in near occlusion; especially useful in detecting interproximal caries and determining alveolar septal height. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bithionol
<chemical> 2,2'-thiobis(4,6-dichlorophenol). Halogenated anti-infective agent that is used against trematode and cestode infestations. ... Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local, antiplatyhelmintic agents. ... Chemical name: Phenol, 2,2'-thiobis(4,6-dichloro- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

bithorax
A group of genes (at least nine) found in the fruit fly genus Drosophila which codes for proper segmenting of the thorax (the middle body part of an insect, between the head and the abdomen) during the fruit fly's early development. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

bithorax complex
<genetics, molecular biology> A group of homeotic mutations of Drosophila that map to the bithorax region on chromosome III. The mutations all cause the third thoracic segment to develop like the second thoracic segment to varying extents. The genes of the bithorax complex are thought to determine the differentiation of the posterior thoracic …

biting pressure
Synonym for occlusal pressure ... Any force exerted upon the occlusal surfaces of teeth. ... Synonym: biting pressure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

biting strength
Synonym for force of mastication ... The motive force created by the dynamic action of the muscles during the physiologic act of mastication. ... Synonym: biting strength, masticatory force. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitolterol mesylate
4-[2-(tert-Butylamino)-1-hydroxyethyl]-o-phenylenedi(p-toluate)methanesulfonate;a sympathomimetic bronchodilator used in the prophylaxis and treatment of bronchial asthma and reversible bronchospasm. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bitot
Pierre A., French physician, 1822-1888. ... See: Bitot's spots. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitrochanteric
Relating to two trochanters, either to the two trochanters of one femur or to both great trochanters. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitropic
Having a dual affinity, as in tissues or organisms. ... Origin: bi-+ G. Trope, a turning ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitter
1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes. ... 2. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day. ... 3. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant. 'It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast …

bitter apple
Synonym for colocynth ... The peeled dried fruit of Citrullus colcynthis (family Cucurbitaceae), an herb of the sandy shores of the Mediterranean, resembling somewhat the watermelon plant; formerly widely used as a cathartic and laxative. ... Synonym: bitter apple. ... Origin: G. Kolokynthe, the round gourd or pumpkin ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitter melon
The fruit of a Chinese vine related to the cucumber. Bitter melon has been used as a treatment for diabetes, gastrointestinal complaints, some cancers and viral infections. It most recently has been tried as a treatment against HIV (administered most often by enema). Little information about efficacy or proper use is available. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...

bitter orange peel
The dried rind of the unripe but fully grown fruit; a flavoring agent. ... Dried, the dried outer part of the pericarp of the ripe, or nearly ripe, fruit; it contains not less than 2.5% v/w of volatile oil. ... The outer part of the pericarp of the ripe, or nearly ripe, fruit; used to prepare the tincture and the syrup. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitter orange peel oil
A volatile oil obtained by expression from the fresh peel of the bitter orange. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitter peptides
Peptides that have a bitter taste and may spoil certain foods; often contain high proportions of leucyl, valyl, and aromatic amino acid residues. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitter principles
A class of plant substances with a bitter taste that produce a reflexive increase in saliva secretion as well as secretion of digestive juices. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitter tonic
A tonic of bitter taste, such as quinine, gentian, quassia, etc., which acts chiefly by stimulating the appetite and improving digestion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bitter water
A natural mineral water containing Epsom salt. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bittern
<zoology> A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species. ... The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris. It makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American bittern is B. Lentiginosus, and is also called stake-driver and meadow hen. See Stake-driv …

bittersweet
1. Anything which is bittersweet. ... 2. A kind of apple so called. ... 3. <botany> A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara. An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose …

Bittner agent
<virology> Earlier name, now superseded, for the mouse mammary tumour virus. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

Bittner virus
Synonym for mammary tumour virus of mice ... Member of the retrovirus subfamily Oncornavirinae, antigenically distinct from the murine leukaemia-sarcoma complex, that is associated with adenocarcinomatous tumours of the mammary gland, commonly latent in wild and laboratory mice and causing cancer only in genetically susceptible strains under certain …

Bittner, John
<person> U.S. Oncologist, 1904-1961. ... See: Bittner agent, Bittner's milk factor. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bittner's milk factor
Synonym for mammary tumour virus of mice ... Member of the retrovirus subfamily Oncornavirinae, antigenically distinct from the murine leukaemia-sarcoma complex, that is associated with adenocarcinomatous tumours of the mammary gland, commonly latent in wild and laboratory mice and causing cancer only in genetically susceptible strains under certain …

Bittorf, Alexander
<person> German physician, 1876-1949. ... See: Bittorf's reaction. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

Bittorf's reaction
In cases of renal colic, pain radiating to the kidney upon squeezing the testicle or pressing the ovary. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

biundulant meningoencephalitis
tick-borne encephalitis (Central European subtype) ...

biuret reaction
A reaction characterised by a violet colour upon the addition of copper sulfate to all compounds with two amide or peptide bonds linked directly or through an intermediate carbon atom. Used in the detection and estimation of proteins and peptides having more than two amino acids. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

biuret reagent
An alkaline solution of copper sulfate. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

biuret test
A test for the determination of serum proteins, based on the reaction of an alkaline copper reagent with substances containing two or more peptide bonds to produce a violet-blue colour. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bivalence
A combining power (valence) of 2. ... Synonym: divalence, divalency. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bivalent
<genetics> Used of two homologous chromosomes when they are in synapsis during meiosis. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

bivalent antibody
Antibody that causes a visible reaction with specific antigen as in agglutination, precipitation, and so on; so-called because according to the 'lattice theory' aggregation occurs when the antibody molecule has two or more binding sites that can crosslink one antigen particle to another; probably a characteristic of the class of immunoglobulin. ... …

bivalent chromosome
A pair of chromosome's temporarily united. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

bivalent gas gangrene antitoxin
Antitoxin specific for the toxins of Clostridium perfringens and C. Septicum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...