| BRD | bladder retraining drill; bovine respiratory disease |
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| BT | base of tongue; bedtime; bitemporal; bitrochanteric; bladder tumor; Blalock-Taussig [shunt]; bleedin... |
| BW | bacteriological warfare; bed wetting; below waist; biological warfare; biological weapon; birth weig... |
| CBD | carotid body denervation; closed bladder drainage; common bile duct |
| CBI | children's behavior inventory; continuous bladder irrigation |
| GBC | gall-bladder carcinoma |
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| TCCB | transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder |
| TURBT | transurethral resection of a bladder tumour |
| TURB | transurethral resection of the bladder |
| compliance of bladder | Relationship of volume to pressure; can be calculated from a cytometrogram's pressure volume curve. Synonym: compliance of bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mucosa of urinary bladder | The inner coat of the urinary bladder. Synonym: tunica mucosa vesicae urinariae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular coat of urinary bladder | Muscular layer of the wall of the urinary bladder. Synonym: tunica muscularis vesicae urinariae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| poorly compliant bladder | A bladder that has high pressure at low volumes in the absence of detrusor activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudoneurogenic bladder | <urology> Detrusor-sphincter incoordination with urinary incontinence, constipation, urinary tract infection, upper tract changes. Synonym: Hinman syndrome, pseudoneurogenic bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| serosa of urinary bladder | Serous coat of the urinary bladder; the visceral peritoneum covering the roof and lateral walls of the urinary bladder. Synonym: tunica serosa vesicae urinariae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hutch bladder diverticulum | <radiology> Bladder tic near uretero-vesical junction, weakens detrusor muscle, may lead to VU reflux (12 Dec 1998) |
| hyperreflexic bladder | A bladder exhibiting detrusor instability. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypertonic bladder | A bladder with poor compliance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphincter muscle of urinary bladder | The complete collar of smooth muscle cells of the neck of the urinary bladder which extend distally to surround the preprostatic sportion of the male urethra. There is not a comparable structure in the neck of the femoral bladder; the internal urethral sphincter may exist to prevent reflux of semen into bladder. Synonym: annulus urethralis, internal urethral sphincter, musculus sphincter vesicae, preprostate urethral sphincter, proximal urethral sphincter, sphincter muscle of urinary bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stammering of the bladder | Frequent involuntary interruption occurring during the act of urination. Synonym: stammering of the bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neck of urinary bladder | The lowest part of the bladder formed by the junction of the fundus and the inferolateral surfaces. Synonym: cervix vesicae urinariae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurogenic bladder | A dysfunction of the bladder due a malfunction of the autonomic nerves which control bladder function. (27 Sep 1997) |
| neuropathic bladder | Any defective functioning of bladder due to impaired innervation, e.g., cord bladder, neuropathic bladder. Synonym: neurogenic bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nonneurogenic neurogenic bladder | <urology> Detrusor-sphincter incoordination with urinary incontinence, constipation, urinary tract infection, upper tract changes. Synonym: Hinman syndrome, pseudoneurogenic bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |