| brock | <zoology> A badger. "Or with pretense of chasing thence the brock." (B. Jonson) Origin: AS. Broc, fr. W. Broch; akin to Ir. & Gael. Broc, Corn. & Armor. Broch; cf. Ir. & Gael. Breac speckled. <zoology> A brocket. See: Brocket. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Brock operation | Transventricular valvotomy for relief of pulmonic valvar stenosis. Obsolete procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brock's syndrome | Atelectasis of the right middle pulmonary lobe, with chronic pneumonitis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Brock, Sir Russell | <person> British surgeon, *1903. See: Brock's syndrome, Brock operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brockenbrough | E.C., U.S. Surgeon, *1930. See: Brockenbrough sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brockenbrough sign | <clinical sign> Absolute decrease in pulse pressure of the beat immediately following a premature beat; a sign of idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brocker | 1. <zoology> A male red deer two years old; sometimes called brock. 2. <zoology> A small South American deer, of several species (Coassus superciliaris, C. Rufus, and C. Auritus). Origin: OE. Broket, F. Broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. The same root as E. Broach, meaning point (hence tine of a horn). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |