| bibliography of medicine | A list of works, documents, and other publications on medical subjects and topics of interest to the field of medicine. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| bibliography, descriptive | The area of bibliography which makes known precisely the material conditions of books, i.e., the full name of the author, the exact title of the work, the date and place of publication, the publisher's and printer's names, the format, the pagination, typographical particulars, illustrations, and the price, and for old books, other characteristics such as the kind of paper, binding, etc. It is also called analytical bibliography and physical bibliography. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bibliography, national | A bibliography which lists all the books and other publications published, or distributed in significant quantity, in a particular country. Sometimes the term is used with respect to the new publications published within a specific period, and sometimes with respect to all those published within a lengthy period of many years. It is also used to indicate a bibliogrpaphy of publications about a country (whether written by its nationals or not) and those written in the language of the country as well as those published in it. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bibliomania | <psychiatry> A mania for acquiring books. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bibliomaniac | <psychiatry> One who has a mania for books. Relating to a bibliomaniac. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bibliomaniacal | <psychiatry> Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bibliometric | <statistics> The use of statistical methods in the analysis of a body of literature to reveal the historical development of subject fields and patterns of authorship, publication, and use. Formerly called statistical bibliography. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bibliophobia | <psychiatry> A dread of books. Origin: Gr. Phobos = fear (16 Mar 1998) |
| bibliotherapy | <psychiatry> A form of supportive psychotherapy in which the patient is given carefully selected material to read. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bibracteate | <botany> Furnished with, or having, two bracts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bibulous | Synonym: absorbent. Origin: L. Bibulus, drinking freely, absorbent (05 Mar 2000) |
| bicallous | <botany> Having two callosities or hard spots. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bicameral | Having two chambers; denoting especially an abscess divided by a more or less complete septum. Origin: bi-+ L. Camera, chamber (05 Mar 2000) |
| bicameral abscess | An abscess with two separate cavities or chambers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bicanalicular sphincter | A sphincter encircling two canals, such as the terminal portions of the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct. (05 Mar 2000) |