| bellies of omohyoid muscle | <anatomy> See: inferior belly of omohyoid muscle, superior belly of omohyoid muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bellini | Lorenzo, Italian physician and anatomist, 1643-1704. See: Bellini's ducts, Bellini's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bellini's ducts | The largest straight excretory duct's in the kidney medulla and papillae whose openings form the area cribrosa; they are a continuation of the collecting tubules. Synonym: Bellini's ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bellini's ligament | <anatomy> A fasciculus from the ischiofemoral portion of the articular fibrous capsule of the hip which extends to the great trochanter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bellini, Lorenzo | <person> B. Florence, Sept. 3rd, 1643. Was an Anatomist and Physician. Chief appointment was that of Professor of Philosophy and Anatomy in Pisa (1663-1693). D. Pisa, Jan 8th, 1704. Bellini's Tubules - of the kidney. Bellini's Ducts - orifices of the tubules. Lived: 1643-1704. (05 Dec 1998) |
| bellmetal resonance | In cases of a large pulmonary cavity or of pneumothorax, a clear metallic sound obtained by striking a coin, held against the chest, by another coin, or by flicking the chest wall with one's fingernail; the sound is heard on auscultating the chest wall on the same side anteroposteriorly. Synonym: anvil sound, bell sound, coin test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bellona | The goddess of war. Origin: L, from bellum war. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bellows | <radiobiology> Flexible mechanical structure with walls like those of an accordion. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bellows fish | <zoology> A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows. Synonym: trumpet fish, and snipe fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bellows length | <microscopy> The distance from the eye point to the image plane in a photomicrographic apparatus. (05 Aug 1998) |
| bellows murmur | A blowing murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bellwort | <botany> A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| belly | Origin: OE. Bali, bely, AS. Belg, baelg, baelig, bag, bellows, belly; akin to Icel. Belgr bag, bellows, Sw. Balg, Dan. Baelg, D. & G. Balg, cf. W. Bol the paunch or belly, dim. Boly, Ir. Bolg. Cf. Bellows, Follicle, Fool, Bilge. 1. That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen. Formerly all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were called bellies; the lower belly being the abdomen; the middle belly, the thorax; and the upper belly, the head. 2. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly. "Underneath the belly of their steeds." (Shak) 3. The womb. "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee." (Jer. I. 5) 4. The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship. "Out of the belly of hell cried I." (Jonah II. 2) 5. The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back. Belly doublet, a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down so as to cover the belly. Shak. Belly fretting, the chafing of a horse's belly with a girth. Johnson. Belly timber, food. Belly worm, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach or intestines). To cause to swell out; to fill. "Your breath of full consent bellied his sails." (Shak) Origin: Bellied; Bellying. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| belly button | The navel or umbilicus. The one-time site of attachment of the umbilical cord. The term belly button was coined around 1877. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bellyache | Colloquialism for abdominal pain, usually colicky. (05 Mar 2000) |