| brow | 1. The eyebrow. See: eyebrow. Synonym: forehead. Origin: A.S. Bru (05 Mar 2000) |
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| browlift | Operation to elevate the eyebrows. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown | Of a dark colour, of various shades between black and red or yellow. "Cheeks brown as the oak leaves." (Longfellow) Brown Bess, the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army. Brown bread Dark coloured bread; especially. A kind made of unbolted wheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. "He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic." . Dark coloured bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. Brown coal, wood coal. See Lignite. Brown hematite or Brown iron ore, a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite. Brown stone. See Brownstone. Brown stout, a strong kind of proter or malt liquor. Brown study, a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie. Origin: OE. Brun, broun, AS. Brn; akin to D. Bruin, OHG. Brn, Icel. Brnn, Sw. Brun, Dan. Bruun, G. Braun, Lith. Brunas, Skr. Babhru. 93. Cf. Bruin, Beaver, Burnish, Brunette. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brown adipose tissue | A thermogenic type of adipose tissue containing a dark pigment, and arising during embryonic life in certain specific areas in many mammals, including man. It is prominent in the newborn of all species in which it occurs and remains a distinct and conspicuous tissue in the adults of certain species, especially those that hibernate. It is also called brown adipose tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| brown atrophy | Atrophy of the heart wall, especially in the elderly, in which the muscle is dark reddish brown and reduced in volume; the muscle fibres become pigmented especially about the nuclei, by lipochrome granules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown bill | A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill. "Many time, but for a sallet, my brainpan had been cleft with a brown bill." (Shak) The black, or as it is sometimes called, the brown bill, was a kind of halberd, the cutting part hooked like a woodman's bill, from the back of which projected a spike, and another from the head. Origin: Brown + bill cutting tool. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brown fat | A thermogenic type of adipose tissue containing a dark pigment, and arising during embryonic life in certain specific areas in many mammals, including man. It is prominent in the newborn of all species in which it occurs and remains a distinct and conspicuous tissue in the adults of certain species, especially those that hibernate. It is also called brown adipose tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| brown fat cell | <pathology> Brown fat is specialised for heat production and the adipocytes have many mitochondria in which an inner membrane protein can act as an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation allowing rapid thermogenesis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| brown induration of the lung | A condition characterised by firmness of the lungs, and a brown colour associated with haemosiderin-pigmented macrophages in alveoli, consequent upon long-continued congestion due to heart disease. Synonym: pigment induration of the lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown layer | An exceedingly delicate layer of loose, pigmented connective tissue on the inner surface of the sclera, connecting it with the choroid. Synonym: lamina fusca sclerae, brown layer, membrana fusca. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown lung | Obstructive airway disease with asthma produced by exposure to cotton dust, flax or hemp. See: byssinosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown oedema | Oedema of the lungs associated with chronic passive congestion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown pellicle | A thin film (about 1 um), derived mainly from salivary glycoproteins, which forms over the surface of a cleansed tooth crown when it is exposed to the saliva. Synonym: acquired cuticle, acquired enamel cuticle, brown pellicle, posteruption cuticle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown striae | Dark concentric lines crossing the enamel prisms of the teeth, seen in axial cross sections of the enamel. Synonym: brown striae, striae parallelae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown thrush | <zoology> A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; also called brown thrasher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
Synonyms : Brown-Sequard Disease, Brown-Sequard's Disease, Brown-Sequard's Paralysis, Brown-Sequard's Syndrome, Hemicord Syndrome, Hemiparaplegic Syndrome, Brown Sequard Disease, Brown Sequard Syndrome, Brown Sequard's Disease, Brown Sequard's Paralysis, Hemicord Syndromes
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an orange of low brightness and saturation Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858) of a color similar to that of wood or earth Brown University: a university in Rhode Island (of skin) deeply suntanned fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan"
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the part of the face above the eyes eyebrow: the arch of hair above each eye hilltop: the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills"
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| brownian movement |
the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
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| brown rat |
common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
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| brown-tail moth |
browntail: small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees
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| brow | the arch of hair above each eye |
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| brow | the part of the face above the eyes |
| brow | the peak of a hill |
| brow | any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers |
| brow | discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner |
| brow | be bossy towards |
| brow | frightened into submission or compliance |
| brow | an orange of low brightness and saturation |
| brow | fry in a pan until it changes color |
| brow | of a color similar to that of wood or earth |
| brow | abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858) |
| brow | Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) |
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