| Barth's hernia | A loop of intestine between a persistent vitelline duct and the abdominal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Barth, Jean | <person> Strasburg physician, 1806-1877. See: Barth's hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bartholin's abscess | An abscess of the vulvovaginal gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bartholin's anus | Entrance to the cerebral aqueduct (of Sylvius) from the caudal part of the third ventricle. Synonym: aditus ad aqueductum cerebri, Bartholin's anus, opening to cerebral aqueduct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bartholin's cyst | A cyst arising from the major vestibular gland or its ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bartholin's cystectomy | Removal of a cyst of a major vestibular gland. Synonym: vulvovaginal cystectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bartholin's duct | The duct that drains the anterior portion of the sublingual gland; it opens at the sublingual papilla. Synonym: ductus sublingualis major, Bartholin's duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bartholin's gland | One of two mucoid-secreting tubuloalveolar glands on either side of the lower part of the vagina, the equivalent of the bulbourethral glands in the male; ensheathed with vestibular bulbs by ischiocavernosus muscles. Thus erection and muscle contraction cause secretion into vestibule of vagina. Synonym: glandula vestibularis major, Bartholin's gland, Duverney's gland, Tiedemann's gland, vulvovaginal gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bartholin's glands | Paired glands situated on each side of the vaginal orifice. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Bartholin, Casper | <person> Danish anatomist, 1655-1738. See: Bartholin's abscess, Bartholin's cyst, Bartholin's cystectomy, Bartholin's duct, Bartholin's gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bartholin, Thomas | <person> Danish anatomist, 1616-1680. See: Bartholin's anus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bartholinitis | Inflammation of a vulvovaginal (Bartholin's) gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bartlett | <botany> A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchretien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Bartley, Samuel | <person> U.S. Psychologist, *1901. See: Brucke-Bartley phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| barton fracture | <radiology> Intra-articular fracture of distal radius, dorsal displacement of separated fragment, due to fall on outstretched hand see: wrist fractures (12 Dec 1998) |