| Biebl | M. See: Biebl loop. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Biebl loop | A continuous loop of small intestine brought through the abdominal wall to a subcutaneous location, for observation of motility. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biebrich scarlet red | Synonym: scarlet red. Origin: Biebrich, Germany (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biederman | Joseph, U.S. Physician, *1907. See: Biederman's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biederman's sign | <clinical sign> A dusky redness of the lower portion of the anterior pillars of the fauces in certain cases of syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biedl | Artur, Austrian physician, 1869-1933. See: Bardet-Biedl syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biello-siegel criteria | <radiology> Normal (0%), low prob (10%), small <25% of a segment Q defect(s), matched V/Q defects involving less than 1/3 of lung, nonsegmental defects (CMG, small effusions), Q defect << CXR defect, intermediate probability (20-33%), abnormality not within low or high category, high probability (87%), two large more than 75% of a segment mismatches, Q defect more than > CXR and V see: V/Q imaging (12 Dec 1998) |
| Bielschowsky's disease | Early childhood type of lipofuscinosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bielschowsky's sign | <clinical sign> In paralysis of a superior oblique muscle, tilting the head to the side of the involved eye causes that eye to rotate upward. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bielschowsky's stain | <technique> A method of treating tissues with silver nitrate to demonstrate reticular fibres, neurofibrils, axons, and dendrites. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bielschowsky, Alfred | <person> German ophthalmologist, 1871-1940. See: Bielschowsky's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bielschowsky, Max | <person> German neuropathologist, 1869-1940. See: Bielschowsky's disease, Bielschowsky's stain, Jansky-Bielschowsky disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biemond syndrome | <syndrome> Iris coloboma, mental retardation, obesity, hypogenitalism, and postaxial polydactyly; a recessive inheritance disorder resembling Laurence-Moon and Bardet-Biedel syndrome's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biemond, A | <person> 20th century French neurologist. See: Biemond syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biennial | A plant whose life cycle extends for more than one but less than two years after germination. (09 Oct 1997) |