| NBI | neutrophil bactericidal index; no bone injury; non-battle injury |
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| NBM | no bowel movement; normal bone marrow; normal bowel movement; nothing by mouth |
| NBME | National Board of Medical Examiners; normal bone marrow extract |
| PBM | peak bone mass; peripheral basement membrane; peripheral blood mononuclear [cell]; placental basemen... |
| PBS | perfusion-pressure breakthrough syndrome; phenobarbital sodium; phosphate-buffered saline; planar bo... |
| capitate bone | Enlarged or swollen at tip, gathered into a mass at apex, as compound stigma, a knoblike stigma terminating a style. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| vaginal process of sphenoid bone | A thin lamina of bone that extends medially under the body of the sphenoid bone from the medial lamina of the pterygoid process; it articulates with the vomer and the palatine bone. Synonym: processus vaginalis ossis sphenoidalis, sheath process of sphenoid bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatine bone | An irregularly shaped bone posterior to the maxilla, which enters into the formation of the nasal cavity, the orbit, and the hard palate; it articulates with the maxilla, inferior nasal concha, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones, the vomer and its fellow of the opposite side. Synonym: os palatinum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatine surface of horizontal plate of palatine bone | The inferior surface of the horizontal plate of the palatine bone. Synonym: facies palatina laminae horizontalis ossis palatini. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malar bone | A quadrilateral bone which forms the prominence of the cheek; it articulates with the frontal, sphenoid, temporal, and maxillary bone. Synonym: os zygomaticum, cheek bone, jugal bone, mala, malar bone, os malare, yoke bone, zygoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marble bone disease | The formation of abnormally dense bone, as opposed to osteoporosis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| marginal tubercle of zygomatic bone | A prominence on the temporal border of the zygomatic bone to which the temporal fascia is attached. Synonym: tuberculum marginale ossis zygomatici, marginal tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Recklinghausen's disease of bone | Rarefying osteitis with fibrous degeneration and formation of cysts, and with the presence of fibrous nodules on the affected bones. It is due to marked osteoclastic activity secondary to hyperfunction of the parathyroid glands. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Vesalius' bone | The tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone sometimes existing as a separate bone. Synonym: vesalianum, Vesalius' bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cartilage bone | A bone that develops in a cartilage environment after the latter is partially or entirely destroyed by calcification and subsequent resorption. Synonym: cartilage bone, replacement bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| giant cell tumour of bone | A bone tumour composed of cellular spindle-cell stroma containing scattered multinucleated giant cells resembling osteoclasts. The tumours range from benign to frankly malignant lesions. The tumour occurs most frequently in an end of a long tubular bone in young adults. (12 Dec 1998) |
| red bone marrow | Bone marrow in which the meshes contain the developmental stages of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and megakaryocytes. Synonym: medulla ossium rubra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mastoid bone | The nipple-like projection of the petrous part of the temporal bone. Synonym: processus mastoideus, mastoid bone, temporal apophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mastoid border of occipital bone | The margin of the occipital squama that articulates with the temporal bone. Synonym: margo mastoideus squamae occipitalis, mastoid margin of occipital bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mastoid part of the temporal bone | The portion of the petrous part of the temporal bone bearing the mastoid process. Synonym: pars mastoidea ossis temporalis. (05 Mar 2000) |