| bladder rhabdomyosarcoma | <radiology> Usually arises at trigone, causes outlet obstruction leading to big bladder, Differential diagnosis: haemorrhagic cystitis (small bladder, filling defects) see: rhabdomyosarcoma (12 Dec 1998) |
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| bladder schistosomiasis | Infection with Schistosoma haematobium, the eggs of which invade the urinary tract, causing cystitis and haematuria, and possibly an increased likelihood of bladder cancer. Synonym: bladder schistosomiasis, Egyptian haematuria, endemic haematuria, urinary schistosomiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bladder stone | A condition where small stones form within the urinary tract. See: kidney stones. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bladder, neurogenic | Any condition of dysfunction of the urinary bladder caused by a lesion of the central or peripheral nervous system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bladderworm | The larval form of various tapeworms of the genus taenia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bladderwort | <botany> A genus (Utricularia) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See Ascidium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blade | The expanded part of a leaf or petal. (09 Oct 1997) |
| blade bone | A large, flat, triangular bone that forms the posterior portion of the shoulder. It articulates with the clavicle (at the acromion process) and the humerus (at the glenoid). (27 Sep 1997) |
| blade implantation | Insertion of an endosseous implant with a narrow wedge-shaped infrastructure extending through the oral mucosa into the mouth and bearing openings or vents through which tissue grows to obtain retention. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bladed | 1. Having a blade or blades; as a two-bladed knife. "Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass." (Shak) 2. Divested of blades; as, bladed corn. 3. <chemical> Composed of long and narrow plates, shaped like the blade of a knife. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bladefish | <marine biology> A long, thin, marine fish of Europe (Trichiurus lepturus); the ribbon fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bladevent | A thin, wedge-shaped endo-osseous implant of metal that is inserted into a surgically prepared groove in the maxilla or mandible. (05 Mar 2000) |