| belladonna tincture | A green hydroalcoholic mobile liquid containing the alkaloids atropine and scopolamine and other substances extracted from the leaves of Atropa belladonna, the botanical source for these anticholinergic drugs. The tincture allows for gradual titration of dose by counting drops of the preparation ingested. Formerly widely used in ulcer therapy or the symptomatic treatment of diarrhoea, alone or in combination with antacids and insoluble clays. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| belladonnine | An artificial alkaloid derived from atropine by warming with hydrochloric acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bellbird | <zoology> A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidae, of several species; the campanero. The Myzantha melanophrys of Australia. Origin: So called from their notes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| belle indifference | See: la belle indifference. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bellerophon | <paleontology> A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bellflower | <botany> A plant of the genus Campanula; so named from its bell-shaped flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bellibone | A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. Origin: F. Belle et bonne, beautiful and good. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bellies of digastric muscle | <anatomy> See: anterior belly of digastric muscle, posterior belly of digastric muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bellies of omohyoid muscle | <anatomy> See: inferior belly of omohyoid muscle, superior belly of omohyoid muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bellini | Lorenzo, Italian physician and anatomist, 1643-1704. See: Bellini's ducts, Bellini's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bellini's ducts | The largest straight excretory duct's in the kidney medulla and papillae whose openings form the area cribrosa; they are a continuation of the collecting tubules. Synonym: Bellini's ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bellini's ligament | <anatomy> A fasciculus from the ischiofemoral portion of the articular fibrous capsule of the hip which extends to the great trochanter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bellini, Lorenzo | <person> B. Florence, Sept. 3rd, 1643. Was an Anatomist and Physician. Chief appointment was that of Professor of Philosophy and Anatomy in Pisa (1663-1693). D. Pisa, Jan 8th, 1704. Bellini's Tubules - of the kidney. Bellini's Ducts - orifices of the tubules. Lived: 1643-1704. (05 Dec 1998) |
| bellmetal resonance | In cases of a large pulmonary cavity or of pneumothorax, a clear metallic sound obtained by striking a coin, held against the chest, by another coin, or by flicking the chest wall with one's fingernail; the sound is heard on auscultating the chest wall on the same side anteroposteriorly. Synonym: anvil sound, bell sound, coin test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bellona | The goddess of war. Origin: L, from bellum war. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |