| bush yaws | A form of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis in the Amazon delta; a small proportion of cases are said to metastasize to the nasal mucosa with espundia-like involvement. Synonym: bosch yaws, bush yaws, forest yaws. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bramble bush | <botany> The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together. "He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes." (Mother Goose) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bush | 1. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas. 2. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground. Origin: Bushed; . Bushing. 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush. 2. A shrub; especially, a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. "To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers." (Gascoigne) 3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. 4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. "If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue." (Shak) 5. The tail, or brush, of a fox. To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; a metaphor taken from hunting. <botany> Bush bean, a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus, allied to the titmouse. P. Minimus inhabits California. Origin: OE. Bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. Bosch, OHG. Busc, G. Busch, Icel. Bskr, bski, Dan. Busk, Sw. Buske, and also to LL. Boscus, buscus, Pr. Bosc, It. Bosco, Sp. & Pg. Bosque, F. Bois, OF. Bos. Whether the LL. Or G. Form i the original is uncertain; if the LL, it is perh. From the same source as E. Box a case. Cf. Ambush, Boscage, Bouquet, Box a case. 1. <mechanics> A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor. In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box, particularly in the United States. 2. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. Origin: D. Bus a box, akin to E. Box; or F. Boucher to plug. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bush sickness | Anaemia of sheep and cattle due to deficiency of cobalt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bosch yaws | A form of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis in the Amazon delta; a small proportion of cases are said to metastasize to the nasal mucosa with espundia-like involvement. Synonym: bosch yaws, bush yaws, forest yaws. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ringworm yaws | Round, scaling, and crusted lesions that resemble ringworm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| guinea corn yaws | A form of yaws in which the lesions resemble grains of Indian corn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crab yaws | <dermatology> Yaws of the feet with keratoderma of the palms and soles and ulcer formation. Synonym: crab yaws, dumas, tubba, tubbae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| yaws | <medicine> A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterised by yellowish or reddish tumours, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws. Origin: African yaw a raspberry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| foot yaws | <dermatology> Yaws of the feet with keratoderma of the palms and soles and ulcer formation. Synonym: crab yaws, dumas, tubba, tubbae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forest yaws | A form of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis in the Amazon delta; a small proportion of cases are said to metastasize to the nasal mucosa with espundia-like involvement. Synonym: bosch yaws, bush yaws, forest yaws. (05 Mar 2000) |