| BER | <abbreviation> Basic electrical rhythm. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Beradinelli's syndrome | <syndrome> The clinical findings of accelerated growth, lipodystrophy with muscular hypertrophy, hepatomegaly and lipaemia. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Beradinelli, Waldemar | <person> Argentinian physician, 1903-1956. See: Beradinelli's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Berard's aneurysm | An arteriovenous aneurysm in the tissues outside the injured vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Berard, Auguste | <person> French surgeon, 1802-1846. See: Berard's aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Beraud's valve | A small fold in the interior of the lacrimal sac at its junction with the lacrimal duct. Synonym: Krause's valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Beraud, Bruno | <person> French surgeon, 1825-1865. See: Beraud's valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| berbamunine synthase | <enzyme> Catalyses the oxidative c-o phenol coupling reaction in the biosynthesis of bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids; from the plant berberis stolonifera; genbank u09610 Registry number: EC 1.1.3.34 Synonym: berbamunine-forming cytochrome p-450, cyp80 (26 Jun 1999) |
| berbe | <zoology> An African genet (Genetta pardina). See Genet. Origin: Cf. Berber, Barb a Barbary horse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| berberine | <chemical> A toxic organic substance with the chemical formula C20H19NO5 which is found in the roots of certain plants such as barberry and golden seal. It kills amoebas (is an amebicide) and is used to treat cholera. It cannot be dissolved in water, but is soluble in alcohol and ether. It has a melting point of 145 degrees Celsius when dry. As a solid, it is a white to yellow crystalline alkaloid. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bere | <botany> Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (Hord. Vulgare). Origin: AS. Bere. See Barley. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bereavement | Refers to the whole process of grieving and mourning and is associated with a deep sense of loss and sadness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Berg's stain | <technique> A method for staining spermatozoa, utilizing a carbol-fuchsin solution followed by dilute acetic acid and methylene blue; spermatozoa are stained a brilliant red and most other structures appear blue to purple. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Berg, Paul | <person> An American biochemist born in 1926, who won the Nobel Prize for developing a DNA mapping method. Also he determined that it takes two steps to oxidize fatty acids. (13 Nov 1997) |
| bergamot | 1 . <botany> A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odour is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit. A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, glabrata). 2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit. 3. A variety of pear. 4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. "The better hand . . . Gives the nose its bergamot." (Cowper). 5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit. <botany> Wild bergamot, an American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa). Origin: F. Bergamote, fr. It. Bergamotta; prob. A corruption of Turk. Beg armdi a lord's pear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |