| Bichat's tunic | The tunica intima of the blood vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bichir | <zoology> A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bichloride | <chemistry> A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; called also dichloride. Bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride; sometimes called corrosive sublimate. Origin: Pref. Bi- + chloride. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bicho | A generally fatal disease affecting chiefly children in the tropics, characterised by gangrenous ulceration of the rectum and anus, accompanied by frequent watery stools and tenesmus. Synonym: bicho, caribi, Indian sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bichromate | <chemistry> A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate. Synonym: dichromate. Origin: Pref. Bi- + chromate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bichromatize | To combine or treat with a bichromate, especially. With bichromate of potassium; as, bichromatized gelatine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| biciliate | Having two cilia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bicipital | 1. <anatomy> Having two heads or origins, as a muscle. Pertaining to a biceps muscle; as, bicipital furrows, the depressions on either side of the biceps of the arm. 2. <botany> Dividing into two parts at one extremity; having two heads or two supports; as, a bicipital tree. Origin: L. Biceps, bicipitis: cf. F. Bicipital. See Biceps. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bicipital aponeurosis | Aponeurosis bicipitalis, radiating fibres from the tendon of insertion of the biceps which form a triangular band passing obliquely across the hollow of the elbow to the ulnar side and becoming merged into the deep fascia of the forearm. Formerly called "grace Dieu" fascia, it serves to protect the brachial artery and median nerve during phlebotomy of median cubital vein. Synonym: aponeurosis musculi bicipitis brachii, bicipital fascia, lacertus fibrosus, semilunar fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bicipital bursitis | Inflammation of the intertubercular bursa of the biceps brachii muscle of the shoulder of the horse, usually the result of trauma. Synonym: bicipital bursitis, shoulder bursitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bicipital fascia | Aponeurosis bicipitalis, radiating fibres from the tendon of insertion of the biceps which form a triangular band passing obliquely across the hollow of the elbow to the ulnar side and becoming merged into the deep fascia of the forearm. Formerly called "grace Dieu" fascia, it serves to protect the brachial artery and median nerve during phlebotomy of median cubital vein. Synonym: aponeurosis musculi bicipitis brachii, bicipital fascia, lacertus fibrosus, semilunar fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bicipital groove | A furrow running down the shaft of the humerus between the two tubercles, lodging the tendon of the long head of the biceps, and giving attachment in its floor to the latissimus dorsi muscle. Synonym: sulcus intertubercularis, bicipital groove, intertubercular sulcus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bicipital rib | Fusion of first thoracic rib with cervical vertebra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bicipital ridges | crest of greater tubercle, crest of lesser tubercle |
| bicipital tendinitis | <pathology> A form of tendinitis which involves the tendon to the biceps muscle. Increased activity of the biceps or shoulder can lead to inflammation of the biceps tendon. Symptoms include shoulder pain which is aggravated by movement of the shoulder or resisted flexion of the biceps muscle. Treatment includes rest and anti-inflammatory medications. (27 Sep 1997) |