| Bek | E.V., Russian physician. See: Kashin-Bek disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bekesy | Georg von, Hungarian biophysicist in U.S. And Nobel laureate, 1899-1972. See: Bekesy audiometer, Bekesy audiometry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bekesy audiometer | An automatic audiometer in which the tone sweeps the audiometric scale while the patient controls intensity by pressing a button when he cannot hear the tone; may be operated either at a fixed frequency or at steadily changing frequencies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bekesy audiometry | Automatic audiometry utilizing the Bekesy audiometer; the patient makes two threshold tracings, one in which the tone is rapidly turned on and off (interrupted tone) and one in which the tone is presented steadily (continuous tone); results may be suggestive of middle-ear, cochlear, or eighth nerve lesions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kashin-Bek disease | A form of generalised osteoarthrosis limited to areas of Asia, including the Urov river; believed to result from ingestion of wheat infected with the fungus Fusarium sporotrichiella. (05 Mar 2000) |
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