| BHR | basal heart rate; benign hypertrophic prostatitis; bronchial hyperreactivity |
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| BIL | basal insulin level; bilirubin |
| BL | Barre-Lieou [syndrome]; basal lamina; baseline; Bessey-Lowry [unit]; black light; bladder; bleeding;... |
| BLD | basal liquefactive degeneration; benign lymphoepithelial disease |
| BME | basal medium Eagle; biundulant meningoencephalitis; brief maximal effort |
| body of clavicle | The sinuous portion of the clavicle between the sternal and acromial extremities. Synonym: corpus claviculae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| body of clitoris | The shaft or pendulous portion of the clitoris, composed of two fused corpora cavernosa clitoridae, the distal end of which is the glans clitoris. Synonym: corpus clitoridis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of epididymis | The middle part that extends downward from the head to the tail of the epididymis on the posterior surface of the testis. Synonym: corpus epididymidis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of fornix | The middle part of the fornix situated ventral to the corpus callosum. Synonym: corpus fornicis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of gallbladder | The main part of the gallbladder terminating in the rounded fundus below and continuing into the neck of the gallbladder above. Synonym: corpus vesicae biliaris, corpus vesicae felleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of hyoid bone | The body of the hyoid bone, from which the greater and lesser horns extend. Synonym: corpus ossis hyoidei, base of hyoid bone, basihyal, basihyoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of ilium | It forms the upper two-fifths of the acetabulum and joins the pubis and ischium in the acetabulum. It continues above into the ala or wing of the ilium. Synonym: corpus ossis ilii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of incus | The main part of the incus that articulates with the malleus and from which the short and long limbs arise. Synonym: corpus incudis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of ischium | The entire ischium with the exception of the ramus. Synonym: corpus ossis ischii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of mammary gland | The principal part of the breast, consisting of glandular tissue and its supporting fibrous tissue. It forms a conical mass converging toward the nipple and is surrounded by adipose tissue. Synonym: corpus mammae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of mandible | The heavy, U-shaped, horizontal portion of the mandible extending posteriorly to the angle where it is continuous with the ramus; it supports the lower teeth. Synonym: corpus mandibulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of maxilla | The central portion of the maxilla hollowed out by the maxillary sinus; it presents orbital, nasal, anterior, and infratemporal surfaces and supports four processes, frontal, zygomatic, palatine, and alveolar. Synonym: corpus maxillae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of nail | The exposed portion of the nail distal to its root. Synonym: corpus unguis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of pancreas | The part of the pancreas from the point where it crosses the portal vein to the point where it enters the lienorenal ligament. Synonym: corpus pancreatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of penis | The free pendulous portion of the penis, consisting of shaft and glans penis. Synonym: corpus penis, scapus penis. (05 Mar 2000) |