| barbulae | Outgrowths on the margin of a seed's wings or in the throat of the corolla, they may be simple or have apical hairs or papillae. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| barbule | 1. A very minute barb or beard. 2. <zoology> One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather. Origin: L. Barbula, fr. Barba beard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Barclay | Alfred E., English physician, 1877-1949. See: Barclay-Baron disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barclay-Baron disease | Dysphagia caused by food becoming lodged above the epiglottis. Synonym: Barclay-Baron disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barcoo rot | Synonym: desert sore. Origin: Barcoo, a river in S. Australia (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barcoo vomit | Attacks of nausea and vomiting accompanied by bulimia affecting those living in the interior of the southern part of Australia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barcroft | Sir Joseph F., English physiologist, 1872-1947. See: Barcroft-Warburg apparatus, Barcroft-Warburg technique. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barcroft-Warburg apparatus | An apparatus for measuring the oxygen consumption of incubated tissue slices by manometric measurement of changes in gas pressure produced by oxygen absorption in an enclosed flask. Synonym: Barcroft-Warburg apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barcroft-Warburg technique | An apparatus for measuring the oxygen consumption of incubated tissue slices by manometric measurement of changes in gas pressure produced by oxygen absorption in an enclosed flask. Synonym: Barcroft-Warburg apparatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bard | 1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. 2. Specifically, Peruvian bark. Bark bed. See Bark stove (below). Bark pit, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning. <botany> Bark stove, a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat. Origin: Akin to Dan. & Sw. Bark, Icel. Borkr, LG. & HG. Borke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Bardet | Georges, French physician, *1885. See: Bardet-Biedl syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bardet-Biedl syndrome | <syndrome> Mental retardation, pigmentary retinopathy, polydactyly, obesity, and hypogenitalism; recessive inheritance. See: Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bardinet | Barthelemy A., French physician, 1809-1874. See: Bardinet's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bardinet's ligament | <anatomy> The posterior band of the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bare | 1. Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare. 2. With head uncovered; bareheaded. "When once thy foot enters the church, be bare." (Herbert) 3. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. "Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear !" (Milton) 4. Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. "Uttering bare truth." 5. Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. "A bare treasury." 6. Threadbare; much worn. "It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words." (Shak) 7. Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. "The bare necessaries of life." "Nor are men prevailed upon by bare of naked truth." (South) Under bare poles, having no sail set. Origin: OE. Bar, bare, AS. Baer; akin to D. & G. Baar, OHG. Par, Icel. Berr, Sw. & Dan. Bar, OSlav. Bos barefoot, Lith. Basas; cf. Skr. Bhas to shine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |