| botryogen | <chemical> A hydrous sulphate of iron of a deep red colour. It often occurs in botryoidal form. Origin: Gr. Cluster of grapes + -gen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| botryoid | Having numerous rounded protuberances resembling a bunch of grapes. Synonym: staphyline, uviform. Origin: G. Botryoeides, like a bunch of grapes (botrys) (05 Mar 2000) |
| botryoid odontogenic cyst | A type of lateral periodontal cyst that shows a multilocular growth pattern. (05 Mar 2000) |
| botryoid sarcoma | <tumour> A polypoid form of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma which occurs in children, most frequently in the urogenital tract, characterised by the formation of grossly apparent grapelike clusters of neoplastic tissue that consist of rhabdomyoblasts, spindle, and stellate cells in a myxomatous stroma; neoplasms of this type grow relatively rapidly and are highly malignant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| botryolite | <chemical> A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure. Origin: Gr. Cluster of grapes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Botryomyces | A generic name applied to a supposed fungus causing botryomycosis. Since this disease is now known to be caused by several kinds of bacteria, staphylococci most commonly, the name is invalid and rarely used. The name of the disease has been retained, nevertheless, to indicate a peculiar type of tissue reaction. Origin: G. Botrys, a bunch of grapes, + mykes, fungus (05 Mar 2000) |
| botryomycosis | A chronic granulomatous condition of horses, cattle, swine, and man, usually involving the skin but occasionally also the viscera, and characterised by granules in the pus, consisting of masses of bacteria, generally staphylococci but sometimes other types, surrounded by a hyaline capsule which sometimes exhibits clublike bodies around its periphery; the anatomic structure of the lesion resembles that of actinomycosis and mycetoma. Synonym: actinophytosis. Origin: fr. Botryomyces (05 Mar 2000) |
| botryomycotic | Relating to or affected by botryomycosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| botryose | <botany> Having the form of a cluster of grapes. Of the racemose or acropetal type of inflorescence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bots | <zoology> The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are supposed to be the cause of various ailments. Alternative forms: botts. Origin: Cf. Gael. Botus belly worm, boiteag maggot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| botswana | A republic in southern africa, between namibia and zambia. It was formerly called bechuanaland. Its capital is gaborone. The kalahari desert is in the west and southwest. Botswana was organised as a british protectorate in 1885 and became independent in 1966. The name comes from bo, the prefix for abstract nouns + tswana, the people themselves. Bechuana in its earlier name is the english corruption of botswana. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Bottcher's canal | A duct that connects the inner aspect of the utricle with the endolymphatic duct a short distance from its origin from the saccule. Synonym: ductus utriculosaccularis, Bottcher's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bottcher's cells | Cell's of the basilar membrane of the cochlea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bottcher's crystals | Small crystal's observed microscopically in prostatic fluid that is treated with a drop or two of 1% solution of ammonium phosphate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bottcher's ganglion | Ganglion on the cochlear nerve in the internal acoustic meatus. (05 Mar 2000) |