| buaki | A nutritional (protein deficiency) disease observed in natives of the Congo and characterised by oedema, skin lesions, and anaemia; possibly related to kwashiorkor. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| buansuah | <zoology> The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primaevus), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| buba madre | A large granulomatous lesion, considered to be the initial lesion in yaws, most commonly present on the hand, leg, or foot. Synonym: buba madre, frambesioma, mamanpian, protopianoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bubale | <zoology> A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible. Origin: Cf. F. Bubale. See Buffalo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bubaline | <zoology> Resembling a buffalo. <zoology> Bubaline antelope, the bubale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bubas | Synonym: yaws. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bubas braziliana | A type of American leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis that affects the mucous membranes, particularly in the nasal and oral region, resulting in grossly destructive changes; particularly common in Brazil where a significant proportion of persons infected with L. Braziliensis develop this condition; may develop metastatically from sores originally found elsewhere on the body. Synonym: Breda's disease, bubas braziliana. Origin: Sp., fr. L. Spongia, sponge (05 Mar 2000) |
| bubble gum dermatitis | Allergic contact dermatitis developing about the lips in children who chew bubble gum; caused by plastics in the gum substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bubble shell | <zoology> A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bubbler | 1. One who cheats. "All the Jews, jobbers, bubblers, subscribers, projectors, etc." (Pope) 2. <marine biology> A fish of the Ohio river; so called from the noise it makes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bubbler irrigation | <botany> An irrigation system which injects a slow trickle of water into the ground next to plant roots. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bubbling jock | <zoology> The male wild turkey, the gobbler; so called in allusion to its notes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bubbling rale | Moist sound heard through the stethoscope as a result of air entering portions of lung tissue containing exudate and thus creating bubbles; sometimes associated with resolving pneumonia or small lung cavities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bubbly bone lesion | <radiology> Fibrous dysplasia, enchondroma, giant cell tumour (GCT), non-ossifying fibroma, osteoblastoma, myeloma, aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC), angioma, simple (solitary, unicameral) bone cyst, hyperparathyroid cyst, infection (Brodie's abscess; coccidioidomycosis; echinococcus), chondromyxoid fibroma, chondroblastoma mnemonic: FEGNOMASHIC (!!) (12 Dec 1998) |
| bubby | A woman's breast. Origin: Cf. Prov. G. Bubbi, or It. Poppa, Pr. Popa, OF. Poupe, a woman's breast. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |