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201 | 2018-03-11 21:13:16 | B | 1. Symbol for boron; for aspartic acid or asparagine when it is unclear which of the two amino acids is present; for bromouridine; second substrate in a multisubstrate enzyme-catalyzed reaction.2. As a subscript, refers to barometric pressure. | Symbol | |
202 | 2018-03-11 21:13:18 | b | 1. As a subscript, refers to blood.2. Abbreviation for bis [L.], twice; barn. | Symbol | |
203 | 2018-03-11 21:13:19 | B bile | 1. bile from the gallbladder. | Term | |
204 | 2018-03-11 21:13:21 | B cell | 1. β cell of pancreas or of anterior lobe of hypophysis; | Term | B lymphocyte |
205 | 2018-03-11 21:13:23 | B cell receptors | 1. a complex comprising a membrane-bound immunoglobulin molecule and two associated signal-transducing α and β chains. | Term | |
206 | 2018-03-11 21:13:27 | B chain | 1. the longer polypeptide component of insulin containing 30 amino acyl residues, beginning with a phenylalanyl residue (NH2-terminus); insulin consists of a B chain linked to an A chain by two disulfide bonds; the amino acid composition of the B chain is a function of species;2. the light chain of an immunoglobulin. | Term | |
207 | 2018-03-11 21:13:42 | B fibers | 1. myelinated fibers autonomic nerves, with a diameter of 2 mcm or less, conducting at a rate of 3–15 meters per second. | Term | |
208 | 2018-03-11 21:13:43 | B lymphocyte | 1. an immunologically important lymphocyte that is not thymus dependent, is short-lived, and resembles the bursa-derived lymphocyte of birds in that it is responsible for the production of immunoglobulins; it is the precursor of the plasma cell and expresses surface immunoglobulins (SIGS) but does not release them. It does not play a direct role in cell-mediated immunity. B lymphocyte can be characterized immunophenotypically by CD19 surface markers. |
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209 | 2018-03-11 21:13:44 | B virus | Term | cercopithecrine herpesvirus | |
210 | 2018-03-11 21:13:48 | B wave | 1. the initial positive deflection in the electroretinogram, possibly arising from the inner nuclear layer of the retina. | Term | |
211 | 2018-03-11 21:13:48 | B-cell coreceptor | 1. a complex of three proteins associated with the B-cell receptor (CR2, CD19, and TAPA-1). | Term | |
212 | 2018-03-11 21:13:49 | B-cell differentiating factor | Term | interleukin-4 | |
213 | 2018-03-11 21:13:50 | B-cell differentiation/growth factors | 1. various substances, usually obtained from the supernatant of T-cell cultures, such as interleukins-4, -5, and -6. These substances are necessary for B-cell growth, maturation, and differentiation into plasma cells or B-memory cells. | Term | |
214 | 2018-03-11 21:13:53 | B-cell stimulatory factor 2 | Term | interleukin-6 | |
215 | 2018-03-11 21:13:57 | B-DNA | 1. a form of DNA in which the helix is right-handed and the overall appearance is long and thin. | Term | |
216 | 2018-03-11 21:14:01 | B-E amputation | 1. abbreviation for below-the-elbow amputation. | Term | |
217 | 2018-03-11 21:14:04 | B-K amputation | 1. abbreviation for below-the-knee amputation. | Term | |
218 | 2018-03-11 21:14:04 | B-mode | 1. A two-dimensional diagnostic ultrasound presentation of echo-producing interfaces; the intensity of the echo is represented by modulation of the brightness of the spot, and the position of the echo is determined from the angular position of the transducer and the transit time of the acoustical pulse and its echo. | Term | |
219 | 2018-03-11 21:14:07 | B-type natriuretic peptide | 1. cardiac neurohormone secreted by the left ventricle in response to elevated volume and pressure, leading to dilated blood vessels and sodium and water loss. | Term | |
220 | 2018-03-11 21:14:09 | B.D.S. | 1. Abbreviation for Bachelor of Dental Surgery. | Abbreviation | |
221 | 2018-03-11 21:14:12 | B.D.Sc. | 1. Abbreviation for Bachelor of Dental Science. | Abbreviation | |
222 | 2018-03-11 21:14:13 | b.i.d. | 1. Abbreviation for L. bis in die, twice a day. | Abbreviation | |
223 | 2018-03-11 21:14:18 | b.p. | 1. Abbreviation for boiling point; base pair. | Abbreviation | |
224 | 2018-03-11 21:14:22 | BT factor | Term | carnitine | |
225 | 2018-03-11 21:14:27 | B19 virus | 1. a human parvovirus associated with arthritis and arthralgia and a number of specific clinical entities, including erythema infectiosum and aplastic crisis in the presence of hemolytic anemia. | Term | |
226 | 2018-03-11 21:14:28 | B6 bronchus sign | 1. in lung radiology, appearance of an air bronchogram of the superior segmental bronchus of the lower lobe because of segmental atelectasis or consolidation. | Term | |
227 | 2018-03-11 21:14:28 | Ba | 1. Symbol for barium. | Symbol | |
228 | 2018-03-11 21:14:29 | Babbitt | 1. Isaac, U.S. inventor, 1799–1862. | Term | |
229 | 2018-03-11 21:14:34 | Babbitt metal | 1. an alloy of antimony, copper, and tin; used occasionally in dentistry. | Term | |
230 | 2018-03-11 21:14:35 | Babcock | 1. Stephen M., U.S. chemist, 1843–1931. | Term | |
231 | 2018-03-11 21:14:40 | Babcock tube | 1. a tube in which milk, after treatment with sulfuric acid, is centrifuged and its fat content then determined in a graduated neck. | Term | |
232 | 2018-03-11 21:14:44 | Babès | 1. Victor, Roumanian bacteriologist, 1854–1926. | Term | |
233 | 2018-03-11 21:14:52 | Babès nodes | 1. collections of lymphocytes in the central nervous system found in rabies. | Term | |
234 | 2018-03-11 21:14:56 | Babesia | 1. The economically most important genus of the protozoan family Babesiidae; characterized by multiplication in host red blood cells to form pairs and tetrads; it causes babesiosis (piroplasmosis) in most types of domestic animals, and two species cause disease in splenectomized or normal people; vectors are ixodid or argasid ticks. | Term | |
235 | 2018-03-11 21:15:10 | Babesia divergens | 1. the cause of bovine babesiosis in western and central Europe; vector tick is Ixodes ricinus; it has caused human babesiosis in splenectomized patients in Europe; also found in reindeer. | Term | |
236 | 2018-03-11 21:15:14 | Babesia microti | 1. a malarialike protozoan naturally parasitizing certain rodents (Peromyscus and Microtus spp.) in North America; human cases have been reported in the U.S. The local tick vector is Ixodes scapularis, the numbers and infection levels of which have greatly increased in recent years with the increase in the deer population, which serves as an abundant blood source for I. scapularis. | Term | |
237 | 2018-03-11 21:15:18 | Babesiella | Term | ||
238 | 2018-03-11 21:15:33 | Babesiidae | 1. A family of protozoan parasites (class Sporozoea, order Piroplasmida) occurring in the red blood cells of various mammals. The organisms, which are piriform, round, or oval, reproduce by schizogony to form tetrads or by binary fission to form pairs in the red blood cells; transmission is effected by ticks. The family includes the genera Babesia, Echinozoon, and Entopolypoides; Aegyptianella, formerly included, is now thought to be a rickettsia. |
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239 | 2018-03-11 21:15:38 | babesiosis | 1. An infectious disease caused by a species of Babesia, transmitted by ticks. Animal hosts include cattle, sheep, deer, and dogs. Subclinical human infection may be common but symptomatic disease occurs only sporadically and in limited geographic distribution. Immunodeficient and asplenic people are at higher risk of infection. Clinical features of the disease include fever, chills, and hemolysis with hemoglobinuria and jaundice. Severe disease may be complicated by cardiac and renal failure, respiratory distress syndrome, and CNS involvement. As in animals, human morbidity and mortality increase with age. |
Term | piroplasmosis |
240 | 2018-03-11 21:15:44 | Babinski | 1. Joseph F., French neurologist, 1857–1932. | Term | |
241 | 2018-03-11 21:15:44 | Babinski phenomenon | Term | ||
242 | 2018-03-11 21:15:48 | Babinski reflex | Term | ||
243 | 2018-03-11 21:15:53 | Babinski sign | 1. extension of the great toe and abduction of the other toes instead of the normal flexion reflex to plantar stimulation, considered indicative of corticospinal tract involvement (“positive” Babinski);2. in hemiplegia, weakness of the platysma muscle on the affected side, as is evident in such actions as blowing or opening the mouth;3. when the patient is lying supine, with arms crossed on the front of the chest, and attempts to assume the sitting posture, the thigh on the side of an organic paralysis is flexed and the heel raised, whereas the limb on the sound side remains flat;4. in hemiplegia, the forearm on the affected side turns to a pronated position when placed in a position of supination. |
Term | Babinski phenomenon , Babinski reflex , great-toe reflex , paradoxic extensor reflex , toe phenomenon |
244 | 2018-03-11 21:16:16 | Babinski syndrome | 1. the combination of cardiac, arterial, and central nervous system manifestations of late syphilis. | Term | |
245 | 2018-03-11 21:16:16 | baby | 1. An infant; a newborn child. | Term | |
246 | 2018-03-11 21:16:21 | baby bottle syndrome | Term | nursing bottle caries | |
247 | 2018-03-11 21:16:22 | baby tooth | Term | deciduous tooth | |
248 | 2018-03-11 21:16:22 | baccate | 1. Berrylike. | Term | |
249 | 2018-03-11 21:16:23 | Baccelli | 1. Guido, Italian physician, 1832–1916. | Term | |
250 | 2018-03-11 21:16:29 | Baccelli sign | 1. an obsolete sign: good conduction of the whisper in nonpurulent pleural effusions. | Term | aphonic pectoriloquy |
251 | 2018-03-11 21:16:30 | bacciform | 1. Berry-shaped. | Term | |
252 | 2018-03-11 21:16:31 | Bachman | 1. George W., early 20th-century U.S. parasitologist. | Term | |
253 | 2018-03-11 21:16:36 | Bachman test | 1. a skin test for trichinosis in which an extract of Trichinella larvae is suspended in saline and injected intradermally. An immediate wheal-and-flare reaction or a delayed response indicates infection. | Term | |
254 | 2018-03-11 21:16:39 | Bachman-Pettit test | 1. a modification of the Kober test for the detection of estradiol and similar estrogenic hormones in the urine. | Term | |
255 | 2018-03-11 21:16:41 | Bachmann | 1. Jean George, U.S. physiologist, 1877–1959. | Term | |
256 | 2018-03-11 21:16:43 | Bachmann bundle | 1. division of the theoretic anterior internodal tract that continues into the left atrium providing a specialized path for interatrial conduction. The anatomic reality of this structure has been disputed. | Term | |
257 | 2018-03-11 21:16:47 | Bacillaceae | 1. A family of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, spore-forming, ordinarily motile bacteria (order Eubacteriales) containing gram-positive rods. These organisms are chemoheterotrophic. Some species are pathogenic. Ordinarily two genera, Bacillus and Clostridium, are included. The type genus is Bacillus. | Term | |
258 | 2018-03-11 21:16:48 | bacillar | 1. Shaped like a rod; consisting of rods or rodlike elements. | Term | |
259 | 2018-03-11 21:16:55 | bacillary angiomatosis | 1. an infection of immunocompromised patients by a newly recognized bacterium, Bartonella henselae, characterized by fever, granulomatous cutaneous nodules, and peliosis hepatis in some cases. Skin biopsy shows vascular proliferation and infiltration of vessel walls by neutrophils and clumps of organisms seen with Warthin-Starry silver staining.2. infectious disease characterized by fever and granulomatous cutaneous lesions. There are two forms. In one, associated with Bartonella henselae, cat bites and scratches are predisposing; lymph nodes and viscera may be involved, and bacillary peliosis of liver and spleen can occur. A separate form, associated with B. quintana, is linked with conditions of poor hygiene (louse infestation, poverty, poor or no housing); subcutaneous and bone lesions are more predominant. |
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260 | 2018-03-11 21:16:56 | bacillary dysentery | 1. infection with Shigella dysenteriae, S. flexneri, or other organisms. | Term | |
261 | 2018-03-11 21:17:02 | bacillary layer | Term | layer of rods and cones | |
262 | 2018-03-11 21:17:05 | bacille Calmette-Guérin | 1. An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. | Term | Calmette-Guérin bacillus |
263 | 2018-03-11 21:17:06 | bacillemia | 1. The presence of bacilli in the circulating blood. | Term | |
264 | 2018-03-11 21:17:09 | bacilli | 1. Plural of bacillus. | Term | |
265 | 2018-03-11 21:17:13 | bacilliform | 1. Rod-shaped. | Term | |
266 | 2018-03-11 21:17:18 | bacillin | 1. An antibiotic substance produced by Bacillus subtilis. | Term | |
267 | 2018-03-11 21:17:18 | bacillomyxin | 1. An antibiotic active against certain pathogenic fungi obtained from cultures of Bacillus subtilis. | Term | |
268 | 2018-03-11 21:17:23 | bacillosis | 1. A general infection with bacilli. | Term | |
269 | 2018-03-11 21:17:28 | bacilluria | 1. The presence of bacilli in the urine. | Term | |
270 | 2018-03-11 21:17:31 | Bacillus | 1. A genus of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, spore-forming, ordinarily motile bacteria (family Bacillaceae) containing gram-positive rods. Motile cells are peritrichous; spores are thick walled and take Gram stain poorly; these organisms are chemoheterotrophic and are found primarily in soil. A few species are animal pathogens; some species evoke antibody production. The type species is Bacillus subtilis. |
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271 | 2018-03-11 21:17:36 | bacillus | 1. A vernacular term used to refer to any member of the bacterial genus Bacillus.2. Term used to refer to any rod-shaped bacterium. | Term | |
272 | 2018-03-11 21:17:39 | Bacillus anthracis | 1. a bacterial species that causes anthrax in humans, cattle, swine, sheep, rabbits, guinea pigs, and mice; contains virulence plasmids associated with capsule and toxin production. | Term | |
273 | 2018-03-11 21:17:48 | Bacillus anthracis toxin | Term | anthrax toxin | |
274 | 2018-03-11 21:17:52 | Bacillus brevis | 1. a bacterial species found in soil, air, dust, milk, and cheese; some strains produce the antibiotic gramicidin or tyrocidin. | Term | |
275 | 2018-03-11 21:17:55 | bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine | Term | BCG vaccine | |
276 | 2018-03-11 21:17:56 | Bacillus cereus | 1. a bacterial species that causes emetic and diarrheal types of food poisoning in humans; can cause infections in humans and other mammals and a highly destructive infection of the traumatized eye. | Term | |
277 | 2018-03-11 21:17:59 | Bacillus circulans | 1. a bacterial species found in soil that has been incriminated in human infections including septicemia, mixed abscess infections, and wound infections. | Term | |
278 | 2018-03-11 21:18:01 | Bacillus hemolyticus | 1. former name for Clostridium haemolyticum. | Term | |
279 | 2018-03-11 21:18:04 | Bacillus histolyticus | 1. former name for Clostridium histolyticum. | Term | |
280 | 2018-03-11 21:18:08 | Bacillus megaterium | 1. a saprophytic bacterial species of experimental interest; strains produce bacteriocins (megacins). | Term | |
281 | 2018-03-11 21:18:13 | Bacillus paratuberculosis | Term | Johne disease | |
282 | 2018-03-11 21:18:15 | Bacillus polymyxa | 1. a bacterial species found in soil, water, milk, feces, and decaying vegetables; some strains produce the antibiotic polymyxin. | Term | |
283 | 2018-03-11 21:18:19 | Bacillus pumilis | 1. a usually saprophytic species of bacteria that has been associated with food poisoning and rarely with abscess or bowel fistula formation. | Term | |
284 | 2018-03-11 21:18:24 | Bacillus sphaericus | 1. a bacterial species that is an insect pathogen and that has been associated with occasional human and other mammalian infections, especially in immunocompromised hosts; human infections have included meningitis, endocarditis, and food poisoning. | Term | |
285 | 2018-03-11 21:18:25 | Bacillus subtilis | 1. a bacterial species found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce the antibiotic subtilin, subtenolin, or bacillomycin; it has been associated with human infections primarily of immunocompromised patients, and with food poisoning. It is the type species of the genus Bacillus. | Term | grass bacillus , hay bacillus |
286 | 2018-03-11 21:18:29 | Bacillus thuringiensis | 1. a bacterial species that is an insect pathogen used for vector control that has been implicated in human and mammalian infections. In the laboratory it may be misdiagnosed as a strain of Bacillus cereus. | Term | |
287 | 2018-03-11 21:18:31 | bacitracin | 1. An antibacterial antibiotic polypeptide of known chemical structure isolated from cultures of an aerobic, gram-positive, spore-bearing bacillus (member of the Bacillus subtilis group); active against hemolytic streptococci, staphylococci, and several types of gram-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped organisms; usually applied locally. Zinc bacitracin is also available. | Term | |
288 | 2018-03-11 21:18:34 | back | 1. Posterior aspect of trunk, below neck and above buttocks.2. Vertebral column with associated muscles (erector spinae and transversospinalis) and overlying integument. | Term | |
289 | 2018-03-11 21:18:38 | back mutation | 1. reversion of a gene to an ancestral form due to further mutation to the original codon or one coding for the same amino acid. | Term | reverse mutation |
290 | 2018-03-11 21:18:47 | back of foot reflex | Term | Mendel instep reflex | |
291 | 2018-03-11 21:18:49 | back pressure | 1. pressure exerted upstream in the circulation as a result of obstruction to forward flow, as when congestion in the pulmonary circulation results from stenosis of the mitral valve or failure of the left ventricle. | Term | |
292 | 2018-03-11 21:18:52 | back table procedure | 1. procedure performed on an organ that has been removed from a patient before it is replaced. | Term | |
293 | 2018-03-11 21:18:53 | back tooth | 1. a tooth posterior to the canines. | Term | |
294 | 2018-03-11 21:19:01 | back vertex power | 1. the effective power of a lens as measured from a surface toward the eye; a standard for measurement of ophthalmic lenses. | Term | |
295 | 2018-03-11 21:19:04 | back-action plugger | 1. an instrument for condensing gold foil or amalgam in areas that cannot be reached directly. | Term | |
296 | 2018-03-11 21:19:05 | back-knee | Term | genu recurvatum | |
297 | 2018-03-11 21:19:07 | backache | 1. Nonspecific term used to describe back pain; generally refers to pain below the cervical level. | Term | |
298 | 2018-03-11 21:19:10 | backboard splint | 1. a board splint with slots for fixation of the body by straps; shorter ones are used for neck injuries, longer ones for back injuries. | Term | |
299 | 2018-03-11 21:19:14 | backbone | Term | vertebral column | |
300 | 2018-03-11 21:19:16 | backcross | 1. The mating between an animal that is homozygous at a locus of interest and an animal that is heterozygous, commonly from the same ancestral stock. | Term | testcross |
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