| bolling | A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard. Origin: Cf. Bole stem of a tree, and Poll. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Bollinger bodies | Relatively large, spheroid or ovoid, usually somewhat granular, acidophilic, intracytoplasmic inclusion body's observed in the infected tissues of birds with fowlpox; when body's are ruptured large numbers of fowlpox virus particles are released. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bollinger granules | Relatively small, but frequently microscopically visible, pale yellow or yellow-white granule's observed in the granulomatous lesion, or the exudate, in botryomycosis; the granule's consist of irregular aggregates or colonizations of Gram-positive cocci, usually staphylococci, term sometimes incorrectly used synonymously with Bollinger bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bollinger, Otto | <person> German pathologist, 1843-1909. See: Bollinger bodies, Bollinger granules. (05 Mar 2000) |