| BRW | Brown-Robert-Wells [stereotactic system] |
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| B&S | Brown and Sharp [sutures] |
| IBF | immature brown fat; immunoglobulin-binding factor; Insall-Burstein-Freeman [total knee instrumentati... |
| YBOCS | Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale |
| ABCDES | abnormal alignment, bones-periarticular osteoporosis, cartilage-joint space loss, deformities, margi... |
| Brown, Robert | <person> English botanist, 1773-1858. See: brownian motion, brownian movement, brownian-Zsigmondy movement. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Brown-Sequard, Charles | <person> French physiologist and neurologist, 1817-1894. See: Brown-Sequard's paralysis, Brown-Sequard's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brown-Sequard's paralysis | <neurology, syndrome> A type of spinal cord lesion that is characterised by hemiparaplegia and hyperesthesia, but with loss of motor function on the same side as the lesion and hemianaesthesia on the opposite side. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Brown-Sequard's syndrome | <neurology, syndrome> A type of spinal cord lesion that is characterised by hemiparaplegia and hyperesthesia, but with loss of motor function on the same side as the lesion and hemianaesthesia on the opposite side. (27 Sep 1997) |
| brown-sequard syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome due to damage of one half of the spinal cord, resulting in ipsilateral paralysis below the level of the lesion and loss of discriminatory and joint sensation, and contralateral loss of pain and temperature sensation. Brown-sequard was a french physiologist, 1817-1894. The syndrome is also called brown-sequard disease and brown-sequard paralysis but this latter should not be confused with a flaccid paralysis seen in disorders of the urinary tract called by the same name. (12 Dec 1998) |
| brown's syndrome | <syndrome> An ophthalmology (eye) problem. Brown's syndrome presents as an abnormality at birth (congenitally) and is characterised by an inability to elevate the eyeball when also trying to move the eyeball to the outside. Brown's syndrome can also occur because of other conditions which affect the normal function of the eye muscles. (12 Dec 1998) |
| brown striae | Dark concentric lines crossing the enamel prisms of the teeth, seen in axial cross sections of the enamel. Synonym: brown striae, striae parallelae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown thrush | <zoology> A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; also called brown thrasher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brown tumour | A mass of fibrous tissue containing haemosiderin-pigmented macrophages and multinucleated giant cells, replacing and expanding part of a bone in primary hyperparathyroidism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Paterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome | <syndrome> Limited elevation of the eye in adduction, appearing clinically as a paresis of the inferior oblique muscle, due to fascia contracting the superior oblique muscle on the same side. Synonym: Brown's syndrome, Paterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hines-Brown test | A cardiocirculatory challenge conventionally performed by immersing one hand in ice cold water for two or more minutes (as tolerated) to acutely raise the blood pressure, thus imposing resistance to ejection of blood from the left ventricle into the systemic arterial system and consequently acutely increased afterload (afterload = increased left ventricular wall stress). Synonym: Hines-Brown test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sudan brown | A brown stain, (C10H7)N==N(C10H6)OH, derived from alpha-naphthylamine and used as a stain for fats. (05 Mar 2000) |
| syndrome, brown's | An ophthalmology (eye) problem. Brown's syndrome presents at birth (congenitally) and is characterised by an inability to elevate the eyeball when also trying to move the eyeball to the outside. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenoid tissue | A structure found within the lymphatic system that consists of lymphocytes within a network of fibres. (09 Oct 1997) |
| aerenchymous tissue | A type of plant tissue in which cells are unusually large, resulting in large air spaces in the plant organ, such tissues are often referred to as spongy and usually provide increased buoyancy. (09 Oct 1997) |