| bubble gum dermatitis | Allergic contact dermatitis developing about the lips in children who chew bubble gum; caused by plastics in the gum substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bubble shell | <zoology> A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bubbler | 1. One who cheats. "All the Jews, jobbers, bubblers, subscribers, projectors, etc." (Pope) 2. <marine biology> A fish of the Ohio river; so called from the noise it makes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bubbler irrigation | <botany> An irrigation system which injects a slow trickle of water into the ground next to plant roots. (09 Oct 1997) |
| stomach bubble | The gas in the fundus of the stomach seen on an upright radiograph. Cascade stomach, a radiographic description: when contrast material is swallowed while the patient is in the upright position, the gastric fundus acts as a reservoir until contrast overflows (cascades) into the antrum; a normal variant in a horizontal stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| double bubble sign | <radiology> Gas in stomach and duodenal bulb, duodenal atresia, annular pancreas, Ladd's bands, congenital duodenal web (or diaphragm) (12 Dec 1998) |