| baseplate wax | A hard pink wax used in dentistry for making occlusion rims. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Basham's mixture | A clear, aromatic, reddish-brown liquid which has been used in iron-deficiency anaemia in animals and man; a source of iron. Synonym: Basham's mixture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bashaw | 1. A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha. 2. A magnate or grandee. 3. <zoology> A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat. See: Pasha. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bashkiria | A subdivision of russia, a plateau and mountainous area of the southern urals. It has extensive forests and valuable mineral deposits. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bashyle | <chemistry> See Basyle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| basi- | Base; basis. Origin: G. And L. Basis (05 Mar 2000) |
| basialis | Relating to a basis or the basion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basialveolar | Relating to both basion and alveolar points; denoting especially the basialveolar length, or the shortest distance between these two points. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basibregmatic axis | A line extending from the basion to the bregma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basic | 1. <chemistry> Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt. Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt. Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper. 2. <chemical> Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt. <chemistry> Basic salt, a salt formed from a base or hydroxide by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative or acid element or radical. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| basic amino acid | An amino acid containing a second basic group (usually an amino group); e.g., lysine, arginine, ornithine. Synonym: dibasic amino acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basic anhydride | <chemical> A chemical (usually the oxide of a metal) which forms a base when it is mixed with water. (09 Oct 1997) |
| basic diet | A diet consisting mainly of fruits, vegetables, and milk (with minimal amounts of meat, fish, eggs, cheese, and cereals), which, when catabolised, leave an alkaline residue to be excreted in the urine. Synonym: acid-ash diet, basic diet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basic dyes | Dye's which ionise in solution to give positively charged ions or cations; the auxochrome group is an amine which can form a salt with an acid like HCl; solutions are usually slightly acidic; examples include basic fuchsin and toluidine blue O. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basic electrical rhythm | A slow wave of depolarisation of smooth muscle from the fundus to the pylorus that coordinates gastric peristalsis and emptying. (05 Mar 2000) |