| balanoid | <zoology> Resembling an acorn; applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle. Origin: Gr. Acorn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| balanoplasty | Surgical reconstruction of the glans penis. Origin: balano-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| balanoposthitis | <urology> Inflammation of the glans penis and prepuce is often caused by a bacterial infection with Staphylococcus aureus. Symptoms and findings include redness, swelling, itching and pain to the glans penis. (27 Sep 1997) |
| balantidial dysentery | A type of colitis resembling in many respects amoebic dysentery; caused by the parasitic ciliate, Balantidium coli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| balantidiasis | Infection by protozoan parasites of the genus balantidium. The presence of balantidium in the large intestine leads to diarrhoea, dysentery, and occasionally ulceration. (12 Dec 1998) |
| balantidium | A genus of protozoa parasitic in the digestive tract of vertebrate or invertebrate hosts. Asexual multiplication is accomplished by transverse binary fission. Its organisms are ovoidal in shape and have a ciliated covering over the entire body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Balantidium coli | A very large parasitic ciliate species, usually 50 to 80 um in length, reaching up to 200 um in pigs, found in the caecum or large intestine, swimming actively in the lumen; usually harmless in man but may invade and ulcerate the intestinal wall, producing a colitis resembling amoebic dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Balantidium suis | A species originally considered distinct from the ciliate parasite of man, Balantidium coli, but now considered synonymous with it; nonpathogenic in swine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| balantidosis | Infection by protozoan parasites of the genus balantidium. The presence of balantidium in the large intestine leads to diarrhoea, dysentery, and occasionally ulceration. (12 Dec 1998) |
| balanus | Synonym: glans penis. Origin: G. Balanos, acorn, glans penis (05 Mar 2000) |