| bisexual | <biology> Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes. Origin: Pref. Bi- + sexual. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bisexuality | Sexual attraction or relationship between members of the same and opposite sex. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bisferient | Striking twice; said of the pulse. Synonym: bisferient. Origin: L. Bis, twice, + ferio, to strike (05 Mar 2000) |
| bisferious | Striking twice; said of the pulse. Synonym: bisferient. Origin: L. Bis, twice, + ferio, to strike (05 Mar 2000) |
| bisferious pulse | An arterial pulse with peaks that may be palpable. Synonym: pulsus bisferiens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bishop | 1. A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. "Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls." (1 Pet. Ii. 25) "It is a fact now generally recognised by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the new Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" and "elder" or "presbyter."" (J. B. Lightfoot) 2. In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see. Bishop in partibus, a term officially substituted in 1882 for bishop in partibus. Bench of Bishops. See Bench. 3. In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents. 4. A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; formerly called archer. 5. A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar. 6. An old name for a woman's bustle. "If, by her bishop, or her "grace" alone, A genuine lady, or a church, is known." (Saxe) Origin: OE. Bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. Bisceop, biscop, L. Episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr, over + inspector, fr. Root of, to look to, perh. Akin to L. Specere to look at. See Spy, and cf. Episcopal. <veterinary> To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth. The plan adopted is to cut off all the nippers with a saw to the proper length, and then with a cutting instrument the operator scoops out an oval cavity in the corner nippers, which is afterwards burnt with a hot iron until it is black. Origin: From the name of the scoundrel who first practiced it. Youatt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bishop's cap | <botany> A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Bishop's sphygmoscope | <instrument> An instrument for measuring the blood pressure, with special reference to diastolic pressure; the tube is filled with a solution of cadmium borotungstate, and the scale is the reverse of that of a mercurial manometer, the pressure being made directly by the weight of the liquid and not by compressed air. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bishop's-weed | <botany> An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi. Goutweed (aegopodium podagraria). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bishop's-wort | <botany> Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bishydroxycoumarin | <chemical> An oral anticoagulant that interferes with the metabolism of vitamin k. It is also used in biochemical experiments as an inhibitor of reductases. Pharmacological action: anticoagulant, enzyme inhibitors, uncoupling agents. Chemical name: 2H-1-Benzopyran-2-one, 3,3'-methylenebis(4-hydroxy- (12 Dec 1998) |
| bisiliac | Relating to any two corresponding iliac parts or structures, as the iliac bones or iliac fossae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bisilicate | <chemistry> A salt of metasilicic acid; so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Biskra boil | The lesion occurring in cutaneous leishmaniasis. See: cutaneous leishmaniasis Synonym: Biskra boil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biskra button | The lesion occurring in cutaneous leishmaniasis. (05 Mar 2000) |