| bacampicillin hydrochloride | 1-(Ethoxycarbonyloxy)ethyl(6R)-6-(alpha-d-phenylglycylamino)penicillanate hydrochloride;a semisynthetic penicillin with the same activity and uses as ampicillin, but better absorbed on oral administration. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| baccate | <plant biology> Berry-like, of seeds, having a succulent or pulpy testa, of fruits, having the seeds embedded in pulp. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Baccelli's sign | <clinical sign> An obsolete sign: good conduction of the whisper in nonpurulent pleural effusions. Synonym: aphonic pectoriloquy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baccelli, Guido | <person> Italian physician, 1832-1916. See: Baccelli's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacchante | 1. A priestess of Bacchus. 2. A female bacchanal. Origin: L. Bacchantes. (12 Mar 1998) |
| bacchus | The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bacciferous | <plant biology> Producing berries. "Bacciferous trees." Origin: L. Baccifer; bacca berry + ferre to bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bacciform | Berry-shaped. Origin: L. Bacca, berry (05 Mar 2000) |
| baccivorous | <ornithology> Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds. Origin: L. Bacca berry + varare to devour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bacheelor | 1. A man of any age who has not been married. "As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound." (W. Irving) 2. An unmarried woman. 3. A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts. 4. A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight. 5. In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. 6. <zoology> A kind of bass, an edible fresh water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States. Origin: OF. Bacheler young man, F. Bachelier (cf.Pr. Bacalar, Sp.bachiller, Pg. Bacharel, It. Baccalare), LL. Baccalarius the tenant of a kind of farm called baccalaria, a soldier not old or rich enough to lead his retainers into battle with a banner, person of an inferior academical degree aspiring to a doctorate. In the latter sense, it was afterward changed to baccalaureus. See Baccalaureate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bachelor's button | <botany> A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena). Bachelor's buttons, a name given to several flowers "from their similitude to the jagged cloathe buttons, anciently worne in this kingdom", according to Johnson's; but by other writers ascribed to "a habit of country fellows to carry them in their pockets to divine their success with their sweethearts." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Bachman test | 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. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bachman, George | <person> U.S. Parasitologist, *1890. See: Bachman-Pettit test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bachman-Pettit test | A modification of Kober's test for the detection of estradiol and similar oestrogenic hormones in the urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bachmann's bundle | Division of the anterior internodal tract that continues into the left atrium providing a specialised path for interatrial conduction. (05 Mar 2000) |