| beneceptor | <physiology> A nerve organ or mechanism (ceptor) for the appreciation and transmission of stimuli of a beneficial character. Compare: nociceptor. Origin: L. Bene, well, + capio, to take (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Benedek's reflex | <neurology, physiology> Plantar flexion of the foot by tapping the anterior margin of the lower part of the fibula, while the foot is slightly dorsiflexed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Benedek, Ladislaus | <person> Austrian neurologist, 1887-1945. See: Benedek's reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Benedict's solution | <chemistry> An aqueous solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate, and copper sulfate which changes from its normal blue colour to orange, red, or yellow in the presence of a reducing sugar such as glucose. See: Benedict's test for glucose. (14 Aug 2000) |
| Benedict's test for glucose | <biochemistry> A copper-reduction test for glucose in the urine, which involves thiocyanate in addition to copper sulfate for qualitative or quantitative use. (14 Aug 2000) |
| Benedict, Francis | <person> U.S. Metabolist, 1870-1957. See: Benedict-Roth apparatus, Benedict-Roth calorimeter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Benedict, Stanley | <person> U.S. Chemist, 1884-1936. See: Benedict's solution, Benedict's test for glucose, Benedict-Hopkins-Cole reagent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Benedict-Hopkins-Cole reagent | <chemistry> Magnesium glyoxalate, made from a mixture of oxalic acid and magnesium, used for testing proteins for the presence of tryptophan. (12 Aug 2000) |
| Benedict-Roth apparatus | <apparatus, physiology> A device employed to measure the amount of oxygen utilised in quiet breathing in the basal state for the estimation of the basal metabolic rate; the subject rebreathes oxygen through soda lime from a recording spirometer. (14 Aug 2000) |
| Benedict-Roth calorimeter | <apparatus, physiology> A device employed to measure the amount of oxygen utilised in quiet breathing in the basal state for the estimation of the basal metabolic rate; the subject rebreathes oxygen through soda lime from a recording spirometer. (14 Aug 2000) |
| Benedikt's syndrome | <syndrome> Hemiplegia with clonic spasm or tremor and oculomotor paralysis on the opposite side. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Benedikt, Moritz | <person> Austrian physician, 1835-1920. See: Benedikt's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| beneficence | The ethical principle of doing good. Origin: L. Beneficentia, fr. Bene, well, + facio, to do (05 Mar 2000) |
| beneficiate | <chemical> To reduce (ores). Origin: Sp. Beneficiar to benefit, to work mines. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| benevolence | 1. The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness. "The wakeful benevolence of the gospel." (Chalmers) 2. An act of kindness; good done; charity given. 3. A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity. Synonym: Benevolence, Beneficence, Munificence. Benevolence marks a disposition made up of a choice and desire for the happiness of others. Beneficence marks the working of this disposition in dispensing good on a somewhat broad scale. Munificence shows the same disposition, but acting on a still broader scale, in conferring gifts and favors. These are not necessarily confined to objects of immediate utility. One may show his munificence in presents of pictures or jewelry, but this would not be beneficence. Benevolence of heart; beneficence of life; munificence in the encouragement of letters. Origin: OF. Benevolence, L. Benevolentia. See Benevolent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| de bene esse | Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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