| FTBI | fractionated total body irradiation |
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| GMB | gastric mucosal barrier; granulomembranous body |
| HB | health board; heart block; heel to buttock; held back; hemoglobin; hepatitis B; His bundle; hold bre... |
| HIB | heart infusion broth; hemolytic immune body; Hemophilus influenzae type B [vaccine] |
| IBM | inclusion body myositis |
| pontobulbar body | A collection of nerve cells in the lower part of the medulla oblongata forming a ridge which crosses the restiform body obliquely. Synonym: corpus pontobulbare. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| posterior quadrigeminal body | The ovoid, paired, inferior eminence of the laminae of mesencephalic tectum; it receives the lateral lemniscus and projects by way of the brachium of inferior colliculus to the medial geniculate body of the thalamus, and is thus an essential way-station in the central auditory pathway. Synonym: colliculus inferior, corpus quadrigeminum posterius, inferior nasal colliculus, posterior quadrigeminal body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heinz body anaemia | A congenital haemolytic anaemia, due to autosomal inheritance of one of many unstable haemoglobins. The anaemia is of variable severity and characterised by the presence in vivo or in vitro of Heinz bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heinz body test | <haematology, investigation> A test for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient red blood cells; an oxidant (acetylphenylhydrazine) is added to blood; after incubation at 37캜, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient samples exhibit more than 30% Heinz bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Heinz-Ehrlich body | A round oxyphil body found in the red blood cell in case of haemocytolysis due to a specific blood poison. Synonym: Heinz-Ehrlich body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prolamellar body | The disorganised membrane aggregations in chloroplasts that have been deprived of light (etioplasts). (18 Nov 1997) |
| Savage's perineal body | central tendon of perineum |
| X body | An obsolete term for Langerhans' granule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Highmore's body | A mass of fibrous tissue continuous with the tunica albuginea, projecting into the testis from its posterior border. Synonym: corpus highmori, corpus highmorianum, Highmore's body, septum of testis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pubic body | The flattened medial portion of the pubic bone entering into the pubic symphysis. From it extend the superior and inferior rami. Synonym: corpus ossis pubis, pubic body, body of pubic bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| segmenting body | A sporozoan trophozoite (vegetative form) that reproduces by schizogony, producing a varied number of daughter trophozoites or merozoites. See: meront, segmenter. Synonym: agamont, segmenting body. Origin: schizo-+ G. On (ont-), a being (05 Mar 2000) |
| human body | The human being as a non-anatomical and non-zoological entity. The emphasis is on the philosophical or artistic treatment of the human being, and includes lay and social attitudes toward the body in history. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hyaloid body | The transparent gel that fills the inner portion of the eyeball between the lens (lens, crystalline) and the retina. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Negri body | Acidophilic cytoplasmic inclusion (mass of nucleocapsids) characteristic of rabies virus infection. (18 Nov 1997) |
| nerve cell body | The part of the neuron that includes the nucleus but excludes the processes. (05 Mar 2000) |