| beetlehead | 1. A stupid fellow; a blockhead. 2. <zoology> The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover. Origin: Beetle a mallet + head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| beeturia | Urinary excretion of betacyanin after ingestion of beets, found in most iron-deficient individuals and in some normal persons. Synonym: betacyaninuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Beevor's sign | <clinical sign> With paralysis of the lower portions of the recti abdominis muscles the umbilicus moves upward. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Beevor, Charles | <person> English neurologist, 1854-1908. See: Beevor's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |