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1. Any impediment to the international movement of goods, services, capital, or other factors of production. Most commonly a trade barrier. 2. An entry barrier.
Ãâó: www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/b.html
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| Barr body |
Inactivated X-chromosome in mammalian females. Although inactivated, the Barr body is replicated prior to cell division and thus is passed on to all descendant cells of the embryonic cell that had one of its X-chromosomes inactivated. PICTURE 1 PICTURE 2
Ãâó: www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBook...
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| barrel distortion |
One of the common lens aberrations, where straight lines at the edge of the field are caused to bend into the shape of a barrel.
Ãâó: www.startphoto.com/learn/glossary/glossary_b-bh.ht...
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| Barr body |
The sex chromatin mass located adjacent to the nuclear membrane in interphase nuclei, which corresponds to an inactivated X chromosome. One Barr body is seen in the cells of 46,XX and 47,XXY individuals, and none in the cells of 45,X and 46,XY individuals.
Ãâó: www.kumc.edu/gec/gloss.html
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| Barrett's esophagus |
Peptic ulcer of the lower esophagus caused by the presence of cells that normally stay in the stomach lining.
Ãâó: www.umm.edu/digest/glossa-m.htm
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