| BDE | bile duct examination |
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| BDL | behaviors of daily living; below detectable limits; bile duct ligation |
| BE | bacillary emulsion; bacterial endocarditis; barium enema; Barrett's esophagus; base excess; below-el... |
| BF | bentonite flocculation; bile flow; black female; blastogenic factor; blister fluid; blood flow; body... |
| BPC | Behavior Problem Checklist; bile phospholipid concentration; blood pressure cuff; British Pharmaceut... |
| continuous capillary | A capillary in which small vesicles (caveolae) are numerous and pores are absent. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pulmonary capillary wedge pressure | The pressure obtained when a catheter is passed from the right side of the heart into the pulmonary artery as far as it will go and "wedged" into an end artery. PCWP is measured by letting pulmonary blood flow guide a balloon-flotation catheter into a small pulmonary end artery. The pressure distal to the wedged catheter is an approximation of cardiac left atrial pressure. The pressure recorded with the balloon deflated is pulmonary artery pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sinusoidal capillary | <geometry> The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of sines. Origin: Sinus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| electro-capillary | <physics> Pertaining to, or caused by, electro-capillarity. (03 Mar 1998) |
| electrophoresis, capillary | A highly-sensitive (in the picomolar range, which is 10,000-fold more sensitive than conventional electrophoresis) and efficient technique that allows separation of proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fenestrated capillary | A capillary, found in renal glomeruli, intestinal villi, and some glands, in which ultramicroscopic pores of variable size occur; usually these are closed by a delicate diaphragm, although diaphragms are lacking in at least some renal glomerular capillary's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymph capillary | The beginning of the lymphatic system of vessels; it is lined with a highly attenuated endothelium with poorly developed basement membrane and a lumen of variable caliber. See: lacteal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant bile ducts | Small duct's occasionally present in the ligaments of the liver or originating from the surface of the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenoma, bile duct | A benign tumour of the intrahepatic bile ducts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bile | <gastroenterology> A greenish-yellow fluid secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Bile plays an important role in the intestinal absorption of fats. Bile is secreted by the liver and contains cholesterol, bile salts and waste products such as bilirubin. Bile salts aid in the digestion of fats. Bile passes out of the liver via the bile duct where it is stored in the gallbladder and released in response to a fat-containing meal. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bile acid 3alpha-sulfate sulfohydrolase | <enzyme> Used for determination of serum 3alpha-sulfated bile acids; converts 3alpha-sulfated bile acids into 3beta-hydroxy bile acids Registry number: EC 3.1.6.- Synonym: 3alpha-sulfated bile acid sulfohydrolase, ba-3s sulfohydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
| bile acid 7alpha-dehydratase | <enzyme> Enzyme in the bacterial bile acid 7alpha-dehydroxylation pathway Registry number: EC 4.2.1.- Synonym: c24 bile acid 7alpha-dehydratase, ba7alphad, baie gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| bile acid 7 alpha-dehydroxylase | <enzyme> Mechanism is questionable: cholic acid - deoxycholic acid - chenodeoxycholic acid - lithocholic acid Registry number: EC 1.14.- Synonym: 7 alpha-dehydroxylase, bile acid 7-dehydroxylase, bile acid 7-alpha-dehydroxylase, bai a1, bai a2, bai a3, cholic acid 7alpha-dehydroxylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| bile acid-CoA ligase | <enzyme> Catalyses the synthesis of all bile acid-coas; in order to measure the activity of all bile acids, the bile acid is coupled with c(14)-glycine and measured with bile acid-CoA glycine-taurine n-acetyltransferase Registry number: EC 6.2.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| bile acids | Steroid acids found in bile; e.g., taurocholic and glycocholic acid's, used when biliary secretion is inadequate and for biliary colic. Their physiological roles include fat emulsification. Their synthesis is reduced in disorders of the peroxisomes. (05 Mar 2000) |