| born | 1. Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth. "No one could be born into slavery in Mexico." (Prescott) 2. Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; as, a born liar. "A born matchmaker." Born again, regenerated; renewed; having received spiritual life. "Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God." . Born days, days since one was born; lifetime. See: Bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Born method | Wax plate reconstruction, the making of three-dimensional models of structures from serial sections; it depends on the building up of a series of wax plates, cut out to scaled enlargements of the individual sections involved in the region to be reconstructed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Born, Gustav | <person> German embryologist, 1851-1900. See: Born method of wax plate reconstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Born-Haber cycle | <physics> This is a mathematical description of the relationship between the electron affinity, heats of atomisation, ionisation energy and lattice energy of ionic compounds. (09 Oct 1997) |
| borna disease | An encephalomyelitis of horses, sheep and cattle caused by an RNA virus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| borna disease virus | An unclassified, single-stranded RNA virus, possibly related to the family rhabdoviridae, causing a rare and usually fatal encephalitic disease in horses and other domestic animals and possibly deer. Its name derives from the city in saxony where the condition was first described in 1894, but the disease occurs in europe, n. Africa, and the near east. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bornane | 1,7,7-trimethylnorbornane;the monoterpene parent of borneols, camphene, and similar essential oils (terpenes). (05 Mar 2000) |
| borneo | An island in the malay archipelago, east of sumatra, north of java, and west of celebes. It is the third largest island in the world. Its name is a portuguese alteration of brunei, located on it. (12 Dec 1998) |
| borneol | <chemistry> A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Synonym: Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol. Origin: Borneo + -ol. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Bornholm disease | An alternative term for epidemic pleurodynia. Origin: Bornholm, Danish island in the Baltic where the d. Was first described (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bornholm disease virus | A virus of Enterovirus coxsackievirus type B, in the family Picornaviridae, that causes epidemic pleurodynia. Synonym: Bornholm disease virus, epidemic myalgia virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bornite | <chemical> A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colours shown upon the slightly tarnished surface. Origin: Named after Von Born, a mineralogist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mite-born typhus | A mild infectious disease first observed in new york city caused by rickettsia akari, transmitted from its mouse host by chigger or adult mite bites. There is fever, a dark spot that becomes a small ulcer at the site of the bite, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) in that region, and a raised blistery (vesicular) rash. Also known as vesicular rickettsiosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
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