| benne | <botany> The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. Indicum), originally Asiatic; also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy. Origin: Malay bijen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| benne oil | <chemical> The refined fixed oil obtained from the seed of one or more cultivated varieties of sesamum indicum. It is used as a solvent and oleaginous vehicle for drugs and has been used internally as a laxative and externally as a skin softener. It is used also in the manufacture of margarine, soap, and cosmetics. Chemical name: Fats and Glyceridic oils, sesame (12 Dec 1998) |
| bennet | <botany> The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc. Origin: F. Benoite, fr. L. Benedicta, fem. Of benedictus. (06 Aug 1998) |
| Bennett angle | The angle formed by the sagittal plane and the path of the advancing condyle during lateral mandibular movement as viewed in the horizontal plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bennett fracture | <radiology> Mechanism: forced abduction of thumb, findings: intraarticular fracture/dislocation of the base of the 1st metacarpal at the ulnar aspect, small fragment of metacarpal continues to articulate with the trapezium, lateral retraction of metacarpal shaft by abductor pollicis longus, difficult to keep in anatomical alignment, complication: pseudoarthrosis, better prognosis than Rolando fracture see: thumb fractures (12 Dec 1998) |
| Bennett movement | The bodily lateral movement or lateral shift of the mandible during a laterotrusive movement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bennett's fracture | <orthopaedics> A fracture-dislocation of the first metacarpal bone (thumb) at the carpal metacarpal joint. (06 Aug 1998) |
| Bennett, Edward | <person> Irish surgeon, 1837-1907. See: Bennett's fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bennett, Norman | <person> British dentist, 1870-1947. See: Bennett angle, Bennett movement. (05 Mar 2000) |