| bard | 1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. 2. Specifically, Peruvian bark. Bark bed. See Bark stove (below). Bark pit, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning. <botany> Bark stove, a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat. Origin: Akin to Dan. & Sw. Bark, Icel. Borkr, LG. & HG. Borke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Bardet | Georges, French physician, *1885. See: Bardet-Biedl syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bardet-Biedl syndrome | <syndrome> Mental retardation, pigmentary retinopathy, polydactyly, obesity, and hypogenitalism; recessive inheritance. See: Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bardinet | Barthelemy A., French physician, 1809-1874. See: Bardinet's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bardinet's ligament | <anatomy> The posterior band of the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cannon-Bard theory | The view that the feeling aspect of emotion and the pattern of emotional behaviour are controlled by the hypothalamus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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