| bellerophon | <paleontology> A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bellflower | <botany> A plant of the genus Campanula; so named from its bell-shaped flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bellibone | A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. Origin: F. Belle et bonne, beautiful and good. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bellies of digastric muscle | <anatomy> See: anterior belly of digastric muscle, posterior belly of digastric muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bellies of omohyoid muscle | <anatomy> See: inferior belly of omohyoid muscle, superior belly of omohyoid muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bellini | Lorenzo, Italian physician and anatomist, 1643-1704. See: Bellini's ducts, Bellini's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bellini's ducts | The largest straight excretory duct's in the kidney medulla and papillae whose openings form the area cribrosa; they are a continuation of the collecting tubules. Synonym: Bellini's ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bellini's ligament | <anatomy> A fasciculus from the ischiofemoral portion of the articular fibrous capsule of the hip which extends to the great trochanter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bellini, Lorenzo | <person> B. Florence, Sept. 3rd, 1643. Was an Anatomist and Physician. Chief appointment was that of Professor of Philosophy and Anatomy in Pisa (1663-1693). D. Pisa, Jan 8th, 1704. Bellini's Tubules - of the kidney. Bellini's Ducts - orifices of the tubules. Lived: 1643-1704. (05 Dec 1998) |
| bellmetal resonance | In cases of a large pulmonary cavity or of pneumothorax, a clear metallic sound obtained by striking a coin, held against the chest, by another coin, or by flicking the chest wall with one's fingernail; the sound is heard on auscultating the chest wall on the same side anteroposteriorly. Synonym: anvil sound, bell sound, coin test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bellona | The goddess of war. Origin: L, from bellum war. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bellows | <radiobiology> Flexible mechanical structure with walls like those of an accordion. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bellows fish | <zoology> A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows. Synonym: trumpet fish, and snipe fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bellows length | <microscopy> The distance from the eye point to the image plane in a photomicrographic apparatus. (05 Aug 1998) |
| bellows murmur | A blowing murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |