| BBD | benign breast disease |
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| BBS | Barolet-Biedl syndrome; bashful bladder syndrome; benign breast syndrome; bilateral breath sounds; b... |
| BC | Bachelor of Surgery [Lat. Baccal-aureus Chirurgiae]; back care; bactericidal concentration; basal ce... |
| BCA | balloon catheter angioplasty; bicinchoninic acid; blood color analyzer; Blue Cross Association; bran... |
| BCDDP | Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project |
| stellate fracture | A fracture in which the lines of break radiate from a central point. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| stellate ganglion | A paravertebral sympathetic ganglion formed by the fusion of the inferior cervical and first thoracic ganglia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| stellate hair | Hair split in several strands at the free end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate ligament | The radiate, stellate, or anterior costovertebral ligament connecting the head of each rib to the bodies of the two vertebrae with which it articulates. Synonym: ligamentum capitis costae radiatum, ligamentum radiatum, radiate ligament, stellate ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate neuroretinitis | A unilateral neuroretinitis with perifoveal exudates in Henle's nerve fibre layer producing a macular star and spontaneous regression in a few months. Synonym: Leber's idiopathic stellate neuroretinitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate reticulum | A network of epithelial cells disposed in a fluid-filled compartment in the centre of the enamel organ between the outer and inner enamel epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate skull fracture | A skull fracture with multiple linear fractures radiating from the site of impact. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate veins | The star-shaped groups of venules in the renal cortex. Synonym: stellate veins, stellate venules, stellulae verheyenii, venae stellatae, Verheyen's stars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate venules | The star-shaped groups of venules in the renal cortex. Synonym: stellate veins, stellate venules, stellulae verheyenii, venae stellatae, Verheyen's stars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Leber's idiopathic stellate neuroretinitis | A unilateral neuroretinitis with perifoveal exudates in Henle's nerve fibre layer producing a macular star and spontaneous regression in a few months. Synonym: Leber's idiopathic stellate neuroretinitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Leber's idiopathic stellate retinopathy | An inflammation affecting the optic nerve head and the posterior pole of the retina, with cells in the nearby vitreous, usually producing a macular star. Synonym: papilloretinitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory breast | A milk-secreting gland located elsewhere than at the normal place on the chest and existing in addition to the two usual mammae. Synonym: mamma accessoria, accessory breast, supernumerary mamma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bed of breast | Structures against which the posterior surface of the breast lies; includes mainly the pectoralis major muscle, but also some serratus anterior and external abdominal oblique muscle; extends from second to sixth rib, and from parasternal to anterior axillary lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| BRCA1 breast cancer susceptibility gene | This mutated (changed) version of the BRCA1 gene makes a person susceptible to developing breast cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| breast | To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves. "The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer." (Wirt) To breast up a hedge, to cut the face of it on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants. Origin: Breasted; Breasted. 1. The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse. 2. Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mammma; a teat. "My brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother." (Cant. Viii. 1) 3. Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill. "Mountains on whose barren breast The laboring clouds do often rest." (Milton) 4. <chemical> The face of a coal working. The front of a furnace. 5. The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart. "He has a loyal breast." (Shak) 6. The power of singing; a musical voice; so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast. "By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast." (Shak) Breast drill, a portable drilling machine, provided with a breastplate, for forcing the drill against the work. Breast pang. See Angina pectoris, under Angina. To make a clean breast, to disclose the secrets which weigh upon one; to make full confession. Origin: OE. Brest, breost, As. Breost; akin to Icel. Brjst, Sw. Brost, Dan. Bryst, Goth. Brusts, OS. Briost, D. Borst, G. Brust. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |