| buss | A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; used in the herring fishery. "The Dutch whalers and herring busses." (Macaulay) Origin: Cf. OF. Busse, Pr. Bus, LL. Bussa, busa, G. Buse, D. Buis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Buss disease | An acute, septic encephalomyelitis, pleuritis, and peritonitis of cattle caused by Chlamydia psittaci; it occurs in the north central United States. Synonym: Buss disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Busse, Otto | <person> German physician, 1867-1922. See: Busse-Buschke disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| busse-buschke disease | <disease> An acute, subacute or chronic infection by the fungal organism, Cryptococcus neoformans. Infection generally causes a pulmonary infection but may also disseminate to the meninges. The pulmonary form is generally mild and transient (often unrecognised). With dissemination lesions may occur in the skeletal, cutaneus and visceral tissues. The most commonly recognised dissemination is to the central nervous system (meningitis). (27 Sep 1997) |