| bowman | A man who uses a bow; an archer. "The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen." (Jer. Iv. 29) Bowman's root. <botany> See Indian physic, under Indian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Bowman Birk protease inhibitors | <pharmacology> Family of serine protease inhibitors found in seeds of leguminous plants and cereals. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Bowman's capsule | The expanded beginning of a nephron composed of an inner and outer layer: the visceral layer consists of podocytes which surround a tuft of capillaries (glomerulus); the parietal layer is simple squamous epithelium which becomes cuboidal at the tubular pole. Synonym: capsula glomeruli, Bowman's capsule, malpighian capsule, Muller's capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bowman's disks | Disk's resulting from transverse segmentation of striated muscular fibre treated with weak acids, certain alkaline solutions, or freezing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bowman's gland | Branched tubuloalveolar serous secreting glands (of Bowman) in the mucous membrane of the olfactory region of the nasal cavity. Synonym: glandulae olfactoriae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bowman's membrane | A transparent homogeneous acellular layer, 6 to 9 um thick, lying between the basal lamina of the outer layer of stratified epithelium and the substantia propria of the cornea; considered to be a basement membrane. Synonym: lamina limitans anterior corneae, anterior elastic layer, Bowman's membrane, lamina elastica anterior, limiting layers of cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bowman's muscle | <anatomy> The smooth muscle of the ciliary body; it consists of circular fibres (Muller's muscle) and radiating fibres (meridional fibres, or Brucke's muscle); action, in contracting, its diameter is reduced (like a sphincter), reducing tensile (stretching) forces on lens, allowing it to thicken for near vision (accommodation). Synonym: musculus ciliaris, Bowman's muscle, ciliary ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bowman's probe | A double-ended probe for the lacrimal duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bowman's space | The slitlike space between the visceral and parietal layers of the capsule of the renal corpuscle; it opens into the proximal tubule of the nephron at the neck of the tubule. Synonym: Bowman's space, filtration space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bowman's theory | That the urine is formed by passive filtration through the glomeruli and secretion by the epithelium of the tubules, the water and salts being separated from the plasma in the former situation, the urea and other urinary constituents in the latter. Parts of this theory are now known to be wrong. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bowman, Sir William | <person> B. Nantwich, Cheshire, July 20th, 1816. Was a Surgeon and Anatomist. Was Surgeon to Birmingham General Hospital and went to London in 1837. Was elected F.R.S. (1841) and F.R.C.S. (1854) and was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at King's College, London (1848-1956). Was the leading Opthalmic Surgeon in England. D. At his house, Joldwynds, near Dorking, Mar. 29th, 1892. Bowman's Capsule - surrounding the glomerulus in the kidney. Bowman's Glands - glands in the olfactory mucous membrane. On the structure and use of the Malpighian bodies of the kidney. Phil Trans. 1842. Much of Bowman's best anatomical work is to be found in Robert Todd's Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. London 1835-1859. Lived: 1816-1892. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Bowman-Birk inhibitor | A polypeptide that will inhibit both trypsin and chymotrypsin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bowstring | 1. The string of a bow. 2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders. Bowstring bridge, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a tie forming a chord of the arch. Bowstring girder, an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends. <botany> Bowstring hemp, the tenacious fibre of the Sanseviera Zeylanica, growing in India and Africa, from which bowstrings are made. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bowwow | An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark. Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bowl |
The bowl, a common open-top vessel in many cultures, is used to serve food, and is sometimes also used for drinking and storing other items. They are generally small and shallow, although some, such as punch bowls and salad bowls, are larger and are sometimes intended to serve many people at once. Bowls have existed for thousands of years. Modern bowls can be made of ceramic, metal, wood, plastic, and other materials. ...
출처: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_(vessel)
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| bowel |
The long tube-shaped organ in the abdomen that completes the process of digestion. There is both a small and a large bowel. Also called the intestine.
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| Bowen's disease |
A skin disease marked by scaly or thickened patches on the skin and often caused by prolonged exposure to arsenic. The patches often occur on sun-exposed areas of the skin and in older, white men. These patches may become malignant (cancerous). Also called precancerous dermatosis or precancerous dermatitis.
출처: www.stjude.org/glossary
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| bow activator |
a functional activator, the halves of which are connected by a wire bow or safety-pin loop; between the halves of the anterior area, a layer of rubber is attached as a shock absorber and to open the bite in front. Called also Schwarz a.
출처: www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_conte...
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| bowler hat sign |
a shadow resembling a bowler hat, seen on a radiograph of the colon; it represents the filling defect of either a sessile polyp on the inferior wall or a diverticulum.
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| bow | small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit that resembles an orange |
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| bow | informal terms for dogs |
| bow | the bark of a dog |
| bow | United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his works on navigation (1773-1838) |
| bow | English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825) |
| bow | the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent |
| bow | written material that has been bowdlerized |
| bow | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
| bow | censorship in the form of prudish expurgation |
| bow | the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent |
| bow | written material that has been bowdlerized |
| bow | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |