| infundibulectomy | Excision of the infundibulum, especially of hypertrophied ventricular septal myocardium encroaching on the ventricular outflow tract. Origin: infundibulum + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
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| brock | <zoology> A badger. "Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock." (B. Jonson) Origin: AS. Broc, fr. W. Broch; akin to Ir. & Gael. Broc, Corn. & Armor. Broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. Breac speckled. <zoology> A brocket. See: Brocket. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Brock operation | Transventricular valvotomy for relief of pulmonic valvar stenosis. Obsolete procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brock, Sir Russell | <person> British surgeon, *1903. See: Brock's syndrome, Brock operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brock's syndrome | Atelectasis of the right middle pulmonary lobe, with chronic pneumonitis. (12 Dec 1998) |