| Barre's sign |
contraction of the iris is retarded in mental deterioration.
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| Bard's sign |
in organic nystagmus the oscillations of the eye increase as the patient's attention follows the finger moved alternately from one side to the other; but in congenital nystagmus the oscillations disappear in like condition.
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| bar |
A thick rule. Often used for decoration, or to contain type for subheads or standing heads.
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| barrier |
In polar terminology, an early term for ice shelf; first used by Sir James Clark Ross for the face of the Antarctic ice shelf later named for him, Ross Barrier.
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| barograph |
A recording barometer. Barographs may be classified, on the basis of their construction, into the following types: 1) aneroid barograph (including microbarograph); 2) float barograph; 3) photographic barograph; and 4) weight barograph. The aneroid barograph is the one most commonly used in weather stations. US Weather Bureau, 1941: Barometers and the Measurement of Atmospheric Pressure, Circular F, 7th ed., rev., 28?4.
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