| COBOL | common business oriented language |
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| CPVC | common pulmonary venous channel |
| CSO | claims services only; common source outbreak; craniostenosis; craniosynostosis; ostium of coronary s... |
| CVA | cardiovascular accident; cerebrovascular accident; chronic villous arthritis; common variable agamma... |
| CVH | cerebroventricular hemorrhage; cervicovaginal hood; combined ventricular hypertrophy; common variabl... |
| blue pus bacillus | A species of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria commonly isolated from clinical specimens (wound, burn, and urinary tract infections). It is also found widely distributed in soil and water. P. Aeruginosa is a major agent of nosocomial infection. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| blue rubber-bleb nevi | A syndrome characterised by erectile, easily compressible, thin-walled haemangiomatous nodules, widely distributed in the skin and in the alimentary canal, and sometimes in other tissues; lesions in the gut may perforate or cause haemorrhage, and the patient may be anaemic from continual bleeding. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue sclera | (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue shield | A prepaid health insurance plan for costs of physicians' services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blue spot | A bluish stain on the skin caused by the bites of fleas or lice, especially pediculosis pubis. Synonym: blue spot, tache bleuatre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue toe syndrome | <syndrome> Atherothrombotic microembolism of the lower extremities due to recurrent cholesterol embolic 'showers' with painful cyanotic discoloration of the toes and embolism to other sites that completely resolve between attacks. Despite the gangrene-like appearance, blue toes may respond to conservative therapy without amputation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blue vision | A condition in which all objects appear blue; may temporarily follow cataract extraction. Synonym: blue vision, cyanopia. Origin: cyano-+ G. Opsis, vision (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue white colour selection | <molecular biology, procedure> Method for identifying bacterial clones containing plasmids with inserts. Many modern vectors have their polycloning site within a part of the LacZ gene encoding _ galactosidase, which provides _ complementation in an appropriate mutant E. Coli strain. This means that a re ligated (empty) vector will produce blue colonies when grown on plates containing IPTG and X gal, but colonies with a substantial insert in their plasmid's polycloning site are unable to produce functional _ galactosidase and so produce white colonies. (16 Dec 1997) |
| Borrel's blue stain | <technique> A stain for demonstrating spirochetes, treponemes, and Borrelia organisms, using silver oxide (prepared by means of mixing solutions of silver nitrate and sodium bicarbonate) and methylene blue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bromophenol blue | <chemical> Alpha,alpha-bis(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxyphenyl)-alpha-hydroxy-o-toluenesulfonic acid, gamma-sultone. A dye that has been used as an industrial dye, a laboratory indicator, and a biological stain. Pharmacological action: dyes, indicators and reagents. Chemical name: Phenol, 4,4'-(3H-2,1-benzoxathiol-3-ylidene)bis(2,6-dibromo-, S,S-dioxide (12 Dec 1998) |
| bromphenol blue | <chemical> Alpha,alpha-bis(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxyphenyl)-alpha-hydroxy-o-toluenesulfonic acid, gamma-sultone. A dye that has been used as an industrial dye, a laboratory indicator, and a biological stain. Pharmacological action: dyes, indicators and reagents. Chemical name: Phenol, 4,4'-(3H-2,1-benzoxathiol-3-ylidene)bis(2,6-dibromo-, S,S-dioxide (12 Dec 1998) |
| bromthymol blue | <chemical> A pH sensitive dye that has been used as an indicator in many laboratory reactions. Pharmacological action: dyes, indicators and reagents. Chemical name: Phenol, 4,4'-(3H-2,1-benzoxathiol-3-ylidene)bis(2-bromo-3-methyl-6-(1-methylethyl)-, S,S-dioxide (12 Dec 1998) |
| carbon monoxide-methylene blue oxidoreductase | <enzyme> Molybdenum-containing iron-sulfur flavoprotein from pseudomonas carboxydovorans; forms carbon dioxide Registry number: EC 1.2.3.- Synonym: cm-mb oxidoreductase, carbon monoxide oxidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| Mallory's aniline blue stain | <technique> A method especially suitable for studying connective tissue; sections are stained in acid fuchsin, aniline blue-orange G solution, and phosphotungstic acid; fibrils of collagen are blue, fibroglia, neuroglia, and muscle fibres are red, and fibrils of elastin are pink or yellow. Synonym: Mallory's aniline blue stain, Mallory's triple stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mann's methyl blue-eosin stain | <technique> A stain useful for anterior pituitary and viral inclusion bodies; a mixture of the two dyes stains alpha cell granules red, beta cell granules dark blue, chromophobes gray to pink, colloid red, erythrocytes orange-red, and collagen fibres blue; this method is also useful for enterochromaffin, goblet, Paneth, and pancreatic islet cells; Negri bodies appear red while their nuclei and central granules are blue. (05 Mar 2000) |