| butanol-extractable iodine | Iodine that can be separated from plasma proteins by butanol or other extractable solvents; used to measure thyroid function. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| butanol-extractable iodine test | An obsolete test for thyroid function, applicable in patients who have received large amounts of iodine or iodised products. Synonym: BEI test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butanols | Isomeric forms and derivatives of butanol (c4h9oh). (12 Dec 1998) |
| butanoyl | CH3(CH2)2 COO-;the radical of butanoic acid. Synonym: butyryl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butaperazine | 1-10-[3-(4-Methyl-1-piperazinyl)propyl]-phenothiazin-2-yl-1-butanone;an antipsychotic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butaverine | Butyl ester of beta-phenyl-1-piperidinepropionic acid;an antispasmodic (as hydrochloride). (05 Mar 2000) |
| butcher | 1. To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs. 2. To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. "[Ithocles] was murdered, rather butchered." (Ford) Origin: Butchered; . Butchering. 1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food. 2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. "Butcher of an innocent child. <zoology>" Butcher bird, a species of shrike of the genus Lanius. The Lanius excubitor is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called the lesser butcher bird. The American species are L.borealis, or northernbutcher bird, and L. Ludovicianus or loggerhead shrike. The name butcher birdis derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it. Butcher's meat, such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork. Origin: OE. Bochere, bochier, OF. Bochier, F. Boucher, orig, slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. Boc, F. Bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See Buck the animal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| butcher's broom | <botany> A genus of plants (Ruscus); especially. R. Aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| butcherly | Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. "The victim of a butcherly murder." "What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel daily doth beget!" (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| butchery | 1. The business of a butcher. 2. Murder or manslaughter, especially. When committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. "The perpetration of human butchery." (Prescott) 3. A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed. "Like as an ox is hanged in the butchery." (Fabyan) Synonym: Murder, slaughter, carnage. See Massacre. Origin: OE. Bocherie shambles, fr. F. Boucherie. See Butcher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| butethal | 5-Butyl-5-ethylbarbituric acid;a sedative and hypnotic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butethamate | 2-Phenylbutyric acid 2-(diethylamino)ethyl ester;an intestinal antispasmodic agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butethamine hydrochloride | 2-(Isobutylamino)ethyl-p-amino benzoate;a local anaesthetic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buthiazide | 6-chloro-3,4-dihydro-3-isobutyl-2H-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine-7-sulfonamide 1,1-dioxide;has diuretic and antihypertensive actions. Synonym: thiabutazide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buthionine sulfoximine | <chemical> A synthetic amino acid that depletes glutathione by irreversibly inhibiting gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase. Inhibition of this enzyme is a critical step in glutathione biosynthesis. It has been shown to inhibit the proliferative response in human T-lymphocytes and inhibit macrophage activation. Pharmacological action: antimetabolites, antimetabolites, antineoplastic, enzyme inhibitors, radiation-protective agents, radiation-sensitizing agents. Chemical name: Butanoic acid, 2-amino-4-(S-butylsulfonimidoyl)- (12 Dec 1998) |