| blind study | A study in which the experimenter is unaware of which group is subject to which procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| blind test | A method of testing in which an independent observer records the results of any test, drug, placebo, or procedure without knowing the identity of the samples or what result might be expected. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blinded study | Clinical trials of drugs are often done blinded so that the patient does not know (is blinded as to) whether they are receiving the product being tested or the control/placebo to ensure that the results of a study are not affected by a possible placebo effect (by the power of suggestion). (12 Dec 1998) |
| blindfish | <marine biology> A small fish (Amblyopsis spelaeus) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blinding disease | Infection with nematodes of the genus onchocerca. Characteristics include the presence of firm subcutaneous nodules filled with adult worms, pruritus, and ocular lesions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blinding glare | Glare resulting from excessive illumination. Synonym: veiling glare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blindness | The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of disorders in the organs of sight or of damage or injury to certain areas of the brain. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blindness, cortical | Total loss of vision in all or part of the visual field due to a lesion in the striate area, characterised by the patient's subjective unawareness of his disability and the absence of cortical functions of vision, with the subcortical functions intact. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blindworm | <zoology> A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard (Anguis fragilis), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; formerly a name for the adder. "Newts and blindworms do no wrong." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blinking | Brief closing of the eyelids by involuntary normal periodic closing, as a protective measure, or by voluntary action. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blister | 1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. "And painful blisters swelled my tender hands." (Grainger) 2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel. 3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, especially. The Lytta (or Cantharis) vesicatoria, called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis. Blister fly, a blister beetle. Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; usually made of Spanish flies. Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel. Blood blister. See Blood. Origin: OE.; akin to OD. Bluyster, fr. The same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blister agent | <chemistry, pharmacology> Refers to a chemical or agent that causes blisters. (09 Oct 1997) |
| blister beetle poisoning | Poisoning, most often of horses, by ingestion of blister beetles (Epicauta spp.) in hay; the causative toxin is cantharidin, which produces salivation, shock, pollakiuria, and colic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blister pack | A package consisting of a clear plastic overlay affixed to a cardboard backing for protecting and displaying a product. (18 Nov 1997) |
| blistering | <geology> The state of containing vesicles, or the process by which vesicles are formed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blind |
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind" a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind" render unable to see unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded" unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions" something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" subterfuge: something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind" make dim by comparison or conceal not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
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| blind spot |
a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it" the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light
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| blindness |
the state of being blind or lacking sight
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| blink |
briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" wink: force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears" a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly flash: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
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| blister |
get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike" subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" cause blisters to from on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet" (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
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| BLI | a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon |
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| BLI | (British) any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low) |
| BLI | pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic |
| BLI | something that keeps things out or hinders sight |
| BLI | a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters) |
| BLI | something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity |
| BLI | people who have severe visual impairments |
| BLI | make dim by comparison or conceal |
| BLI | make blind by putting the eyes out |
| BLI | render unable to see |
| BLI | unable or unwilling to perceive or understand |
| BLI | not based on reason or evidence |