| barrel chest |
A chest permanently resembling the shape of a barrel, ie, with increased anteroposterior diameter, roughly equaling the lateral diameter; usually with some degree of kyphosis; seen in cases of emphysema. [CancerWEB]
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| bark |
A general term for all tissues outside of the vascular cambium.
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| barotrauma |
Trauma due to pneumatic pressure. Too high pneumatic pressure can cause a bowel perforation mainly in the colon during an endoscopic examination.
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| barbiturate |
A drug with sedative and hypnotic effects. Barbiturates have been used as sedatives and anesthetics, and they have been used to treat the convulsions associated with epilepsy.
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| Barrett's esophagus |
A change in the lining of the esophagus from normal columnar cells to intestinal metaplasia type cells. This is a precancerous condition. The diagnosis of Barrett's Esophagus is made by endoscopy and tissue biopsy. The is the only manner in which the diagnosis can currently be confirmed. Patients with Barretts esophagus should be followed periodically by endoscopy according the recommendations by the American College of Gastroenterology.
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