| BH interval | The duration of the His bundle deflections (normally 15-20 msec). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bhang | <pharmacology> An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh. Origin: Per. Bang; cf. Skr. Bhanga hemp. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| BHK cell | <cell culture> A quasi diploid established line of Syrian hamster cells, descended from a clone (Clone 13) isolated by Stoker and McPherson from an unusually rapidly growing primary culture of new born hamster kidney tissue. Usually described as fibroblastic, although smooth muscle like in that they express the muscle intermediate filament protein desmin. Widely used as a viral host, in studies of oncogenic transformation and of cell physiology. (18 Nov 1997) |
| bhunder | <zoology> An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bhutan | A kingdom in the eastern himalayas on the northeast border of india, bounded on the north by tibet, on the east by assam, on the south by assam and west bengal, and on the west by sikkim and tibet. From 1720 to 1970 it was under chinese or indian domination. In 1971 it became a member of the united nations. The name comes from the sanskrit bhota, the name for tibet, + anta, end, with reference to its location at the southern extremity of tibet. (12 Dec 1998) |