| bam island | <molecular biology> Areas of DNA which do not get transcribed, consisting of many repeats of the same sequence of nucleotide bases. (13 Nov 1997) |
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| Bamberger's albuminuria | An obsolete term for haematogenous albuminuria that is sometimes observed during the later phases of advanced anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bamberger's disease | A spasmodic affection of the muscles of the lower extremities. Synonym: Bamberger's disease, dancing spasm, Gowers disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bamberger's sign | <clinical sign> Jugular pulse in tricuspid insufficiency. Synonym: allochiria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bamberger, Eugen | <person> Austrian physician, 1858-1921. See: Bamberger-Marie disease, Bamberger-Marie syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bamberger, Heinrich von | <person> Austrian physician, 1822-1888. See: Bamberger's albuminuria, Bamberger's disease, Bamberger's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bamberger-Marie disease | hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy |
| Bamberger-Marie syndrome | hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy |
| bambermycins | <chemical> Antibiotic complex obtained from streptomyces bambergiensis containing mainly moenomycins a and c. They are used as feed additives and growth promoters for poultry, swine, and cattle. Pharmacological action: antibiotics. Chemical name: Bambermycin (12 Dec 1998) |
| bamboo | <botany> A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries. The most useful species is Bambusa arundinacea, which has a woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, and grows to the height of forty feet and upward. The flowers grow in large panicles, from the joints of the stalk, placed three in a parcel, close to their receptacles. Old stalks grow to five or six inches in diameter, and are so hard and durable as to be used for building, and for all sorts of furniture, for water pipes, and for poles to support palanquins. The smaller stalks are used for walking sticks, flutes, etc. Origin: Malay bambu, mambu. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bamboo hair | Hair with regularly spaced nodules along the shaft caused by intermittent fractures with invagination of the distal hair into the proximal portion, with intervening lengths of normal hair, giving the appearance of bamboo; seen in Netherton's syndrome; autosomal recessive trait. Synonym: trichorrhexis invaginata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bamboo spine | In radiology, the appearance of the thoracic or lumbar spine with ankylosing spondylitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bamifylline hydrochloride | 8-Benzyl-7-2-[ethyl(2-hydroxyethyl)amino] ethyltheophylline hydrochloride;a vasodilator and smooth muscle relaxant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bamipine | 4-N-Benzylanilino-1-methylpiperidine;an antihistaminic. (05 Mar 2000) |