| bubo | Origin: LL. Bubo the groin, a swelling in the groin, Gr. <medicine> An inflammation, with enlargement, of a limphatic gland, especially. In the groin, as in syphilis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| buboes | The plural of bubo. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bubonalgia | Rarely used term for pain in the groin. Origin: G. Boubon, groin, + algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| bubonic | Relating in any way to a bubo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bubonic plague | <microbiology> This rare bacterial infection due to Yersinia pestis. It can cause painful, enlarged lymph nodes, fever, headache and prostration 2-7 days after a flea bite. May also cause pneumonia and sepsis. Transmitted in rodents and humans via an infected flea bite. The incubation period is 2-10 days. Yersinia infection is now rare in Western countries. Third world countries (for example India) can have epidemics of Yersinia. Treatment with antibiotics is necessary or most individuals will die. Even with antibiotic treatment the death rate is 5%. (15 Nov 1997) |
| bubonocele | <medicine> An inguinal hernia; especially. That incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo. Origin: Gr. Groin + tumour: cf. F. Bubonocele. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bubonulus | 1. An abscess occurring along the course of a lymphatic vessel. 2. One of a number of hard nodules, often breaking down into ulcers, which form along the course of acutely inflamed lymphatic vessels of the dorsum of the penis. Origin: Mod. L. Dim. Of bubo (05 Mar 2000) |
| bucardia | Synonym: ox heart. Origin: G. Bous, ox, + kardia, heart (05 Mar 2000) |
| bucca | Synonym: cheek. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buccal | <anatomy> Pertaining to or directed toward the cheek. <dentistry> In dental anatomy, used to refer to the buccal surface of a tooth. Origin: L. Buccalis, from bucca = cheek (18 Nov 1997) |
| buccal angles | Angle's formed by the buccal surface of a tooth joining the other surfaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buccal artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, maxillary; distribution, buccinator muscle, skin, and mucous membrane of cheek; anastomoses, buccal branch of facial. Synonym: arteria buccalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buccal branches of facial nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Motor branches of the facial nerve distributed to buccina or muscle and other muscles of facial expression below orbit and above chin. Synonym: rami buccales nervi facialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buccal caries | Caries beginning with decay on the buccal surface of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buccal cavity | That part of the mouth bounded anteriorly and laterally by the lips and the cheeks, posteriorly and medially by the teeth and/or gums, and above and below by the reflections of the mucosa from the lips and cheeks to the gums. Synonym: vestibulum oris, buccal cavity, vestibule of mouth. (05 Mar 2000) |