| OBB | own bed bath |
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| PB | British pharmacopeia [Pharmacopoeia Britannica]; paraffin bath; Paul-Bunnell [antibody]; periodic br... |
| SBS | shaken baby syndrome; short bowel syndrome; sick building syndrome; sinobronchial syndrome; small bo... |
| TB | Taussig-Bind [syndrome]; terabyte; term birth; terminal bronchiole; terminal bronchus; thromboxane B... |
| WB | waist belt; washable base; washed bladder; water bottle; Wechsler-Bellevue [Scale]; weight-bearing; ... |
| syndrome, floppy baby | Floppy baby syndrome is a general medical reference to an abnormal condition of newborns and infants manifest by inadequate tone of the muscles. Hypotonia (inadequately toned muscles resulting in floppiness) in the newborn period and infancy can be due to a multitude of different neurologic and muscle problems. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Dubin-Johnson syndrome | <syndrome> An inherited disorder (autosomal recessive) that is characterised by long-standing mild jaundice. This occurs secondary to an abnormality in the transport of bilirubin from the liver to the biliary system. This leads to an accumulation of bilirubin in the liver. Avoidance of alcohol and medications which can affect the liver is important. Inheritance: autosomal recessive. (27 Sep 1997) |
| test-tube baby | Popular term for a baby born after uterine implantation of a maternal ovum fertilised in vitro. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Johnson, Frank | <person> U.S. Paediatrician, 1894-1934. See: Stevens-Johnson syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Johnson, Frank B | <person> U.S. Pathologist, *1919. See: Dubin-Johnson syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| johnson grass | <botany> A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Synonym: Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet. Origin: Named after W. Johnson of Alabama, who planted it about 1840-1845. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Johnson, Harry | <person> U.S. Dentist. See: Johnson's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Johnson's method | A method of filling the root canals of teeth by dissolving gutta-percha cones in a chloroform-rosin medium within the root canal. Synonym: Callahan's method, Johnson's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Johnson, Treat Baldwin | <person> U.S. Chemist, 1875-1947. See: Wheeler-Johnson test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| floppy baby syndrome | <syndrome> A general medical reference to an abnormal condition of newborns and infants manifest by inadequate tone of the muscles. Hypotonia (inadequately toned muscles resulting in floppiness) in the newborn period and infancy can be due to a multitude of different neurologic and muscle problems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bath | Origin: AS. Bae; akin to OS. & Icel. Ba, Sw, Dan, D, & G. Bad, and perh. To G. Bahen to foment. 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc, to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath. 2. Water or other liquid for bathing. 3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water. 4. A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing. "Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence." (Gwilt) 5. <chemistry> A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body. 6. <photography> A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution. Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom, bath tub, bath keeper. Douche bath. See Douche. Order of the Bath, a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, viz, knights grand cross, knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated thus: G. C. B, K. C. B, K. B. Russian bath, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings. Turkish bath, a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed. Bath house, a house used for the purpose of bathing; also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bath itch | Itching produced by inadequate rinsing off of soap or by overdrying of skin from excessive bathing. Synonym: bath itch, pruritus balnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bath pruritus | Itching produced by inadequate rinsing off of soap or by overdrying of skin from excessive bathing. Synonym: bath itch, pruritus balnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Greville bath | An obsolete treatment with nonluminous electric hot air given at a very high temperature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water bath | In chemistry, a vessel containing water, in which a container holding a substance to be heated or evaporated can be immersed. (05 Mar 2000) |