| boubas | Synonym: yaws. Origin: native Brazilian (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bouchard's disease | Myopathic dilation of the stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bouchard, Charles | <person> French physician, 1837-1915. See: Bouchard's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bouche de tapir | Synonym: tapir mouth. Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bouchut's tube | A short cylindrical tube used in intubation of the larynx. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bouchut, Jean | <person> French physician, 1818-1891. See: Bouchut's tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bouffardi's black mycetoma | <dermatology> An obsolete term for a chronic infection, usually involving the feet. See: mycetoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bouffardi's mycetoma | <dermatology> A form of mycetoma common in India and found occasionally in Somalia, caused by the organism Streptomyces somaliensis; in this variety, the muscles, tendons, and bones of the foot are destroyed by the disease process; numerous draining sinuses discharge yellowish grains, clustered like fish roe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bouffardi's white mycetoma | <dermatology> A form of mycetoma common in India and found occasionally in Somalia, caused by the organism Streptomyces somaliensis; in this variety, the muscles, tendons, and bones of the foot are destroyed by the disease process; numerous draining sinuses discharge yellowish grains, clustered like fish roe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bougainvillaea | <botany> A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts. Origin: Named from Bougainville, the French navigator. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bouge | Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions. " [They] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . With fasting." (B. Jonson). Origin: F. Bouche mouth, victuals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bough | 1. An arm or branch of a tree, especially. A large arm or main branch. 2. A gallows. Origin: OE. Bogh, AS. Bog, boh, bough, shoulder; akin to Icel. Bogr shoulder, bow of a ship, Sw. Bog, Dan. Bov, OHG. Buog, G. Bug, and to Gr. (for) forearm, Skr. Bahu (for bhaghu) arm. Cf. Bow of a ship. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bougie | 1. <surgery> A long, flexible instrument, that is Introduced into the urethra, oesophagus, etc, to remove obstructions, or for the other purposes. It was originally made of waxed linen rolled into cylindrical form. 2. <pharmacology> A long slender rod consisting of gelatin or some other substance that melts at the temperature of the body. It is impregnated with medicine, and designed for introduction into urethra, etc. Origin: F. Bougie wax candle, bougie, fr. Bougie, Bugia, a town of North Africa, from which these candles were first imported into Europe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bougie a boule | A ball-tipped bougie. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bougienage | Examination or treatment of the interior of any canal by the passage of a bougie or cannula. (05 Mar 2000) |