| BB | bad breath; bed bath; beta blockade, beta blocker; BioBreeding [rat]; blanket bath; blood bank; bloo... |
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| OBB | own bed bath |
| PB | British pharmacopeia [Pharmacopoeia Britannica]; paraffin bath; Paul-Bunnell [antibody]; periodic br... |
| TB | Taussig-Bind [syndrome]; terabyte; term birth; terminal bronchiole; terminal bronchus; thromboxane B... |
| WPB | whirlpool bath |
| BASDAI | Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index |
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| BASFI | Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index |
| bath | Origin: AS. Bae; akin to OS. & Icel. Ba, Sw, Dan, D, & G. Bad, and perh. To G. Bahen to foment. 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc, to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath. 2. Water or other liquid for bathing. 3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water. 4. A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing. "Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence." (Gwilt) 5. <chemistry> A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body. 6. <photography> A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution. Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom, bath tub, bath keeper. Douche bath. See Douche. Order of the Bath, a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, viz, knights grand cross, knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated thus: G. C. B, K. C. B, K. B. Russian bath, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings. Turkish bath, a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed. Bath house, a house used for the purpose of bathing; also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bath itch | Itching produced by inadequate rinsing off of soap or by overdrying of skin from excessive bathing. Synonym: bath itch, pruritus balnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bath pruritus | Itching produced by inadequate rinsing off of soap or by overdrying of skin from excessive bathing. Synonym: bath itch, pruritus balnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bathe | 1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath. "Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus." (South) 2. To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain." 3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid. "And let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood." (Shak) 4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor. 5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. "The rosy shadows bathe me. " . "The bright sunshine bathing all the world." . Origin: OE. Baien, AS. Baian, fr. Bae bath. See 1st Bath, and cf. Bay to bathe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bathing beaches | Beaches, both natural and man-made, used for bathing and other activities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bathing trunk nevus | These large pigmented (often hairy) congenital nevi are important because of their increased risk (10 to 15%) of conversion into malignant melanoma. A biopsy can confirm if cells have turned malignant. Any change in a pre-existing nevus should prompt a physician evaluation. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bathmotropic | Influencing nervous and muscular irritability in response to stimuli. Origin: G. Bathmos, threshold, + trope, a turning (05 Mar 2000) |
| batho- | Depth. See: bathy-. Origin: G. Bathos, depth (05 Mar 2000) |
| bathochromic | Denoting the shift of an absorption spectrum maximum to a longer wavelength. Origin: batho-+ G. Chroma, colour (05 Mar 2000) |
| bathoflore | An atom or group of atoms that, by its presence in a molecule, shifts the latter's fluorescent radiation in the direction of longer wavelength, or reduces the fluorescence. Compare: auxoflore. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bathophobia | <psychology> Morbid fear of deep places or of looking into them. Origin: G. Bathos, depth, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| baths | The immersion or washing of the body or any of its parts in water or other medium for cleansing or medical treatment. It includes bathing for personal hygiene as well as for medical purposes with the addition of therapeutic agents, such as alkalines, antiseptics, oil, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| baths, finnish | Sweat baths given in an enclosed steamy room. Hyperaemia of the skin is increased by beating with twigs, and the bath is followed by a cold plunge. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bathy- | Depth. See: batho-. Origin: G. Bathys, deep (05 Mar 2000) |
| bathyanesthesia | Loss of deep sensibility, i.e., from muscles, ligaments, tendons, bones, and joints. Origin: G. Bathys, deep, + an-priv. + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| Greville bath | An obsolete treatment with nonluminous electric hot air given at a very high temperature. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| water bath | In chemistry, a vessel containing water, in which a container holding a substance to be heated or evaporated can be immersed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colloid bath | A bath prepared by adding soothing agents such as sodium bicarbonate or oatmeal to the bath water to relieve skin irritation and pruritus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| contrast bath | A bath in which a part is immersed in hot water for a period of a few minutes and then in cold, the hot and cold periods alternated regularly at intervals, usually half-hours; used to increase the blood flow to the part. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hafussi bath | A modification of the Nauheim treatment, with only the hands and feet of the patient being immersed in hot water through which carbon dioxide gas is made to pass. Origin: Ger. Hand, hand, + fuss, foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| sand bath | In chemistry, an arrangement whereby a substance to be treated is in a vessel protected from the direct action of fire by a layer of sand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydroelectric bath | A bath in which the medium is charged with electricity. Synonym: hydroelectric bath. Therapeutic application of static electricity, with the patient placed on an insulated platform. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sitz bath | Immersion of only the perineum and buttocks, with the legs being outside the tub. Origin: Ger. Sitzen, to sit (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nauheim bath | Treatment of certain cardiac affections by baths in water through which carbonic acid gas is bubbling, followed by resisting exercises. Synonym: Nauheim bath, Schott treatment. Origin: Bad Nauheim, W. Germany (05 Mar 2000) |
| needle bath | A bath in which water is projected forcibly against the body in many very fine jets. (05 Mar 2000) |
| douche bath | The local application of water in the form of a large jet or stream. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dousing bath | A luminous electric hot air bath given at a very high temperature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immersion bath | A therapeutic bath in which the whole person or a body part is totally immersed in the therapeutic substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oil bath | In chemistry, a vessel containing oil, in which a container holding a substance to be heated or evaporated can be immersed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electric bath | A bath in which the medium is charged with electricity. Synonym: hydroelectric bath. Therapeutic application of static electricity, with the patient placed on an insulated platform. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Beaches, Bathing
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a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it); "she soaked the etching in an acid bath" you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; "he has a good bath every morning" bathtub: a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains bathroom: a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet bathe: clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"
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Bath is a city in south-west England, most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. The city was first recorded as a Roman spa, though verbal tradition suggests it was known before then. The waters from its spring were considered to be a cure for many afflictions. From Elizabethan to Georgian times it was a resort city for the wealthy. As a result of its popularity during the latter period, the city contains many fine examples of Georgian architecture, particularly The Royal Crescent. ...
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Order of the Bath. An English order of knighthood, which was instituted by Henry IV in 1399, and revived by George I in 1725. It derives its name from the fact that candidates for initiation were required to bathe the night before investiture.
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syn. Tank, qv, or the contents of the liquid tank or container.
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The image of a bath or bathroom occurs particularly before decisive turning-points in the dreamer's life. The water in the dream bath symbolizes spiritual energy.
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| bath | a vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it |
| bath | a room (as in a residence) containing a bath or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet |
| bath | a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body |
| bath | an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons |
| bath | clean one's body by immersion into water |
| bath | Old World star of Bethlehem having edible young shoots |
| bath | a wheelchair usually pushed by an attendant, as at a spa |
| bath | linens for use in the bathroom |
| bath | a heavy towel or mat to stand on while drying yourself after a bath |
| bath | (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility |
| bath | a scented oil added to your bath water |
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