| BW | bacteriological warfare; bed wetting; below waist; biological warfare; biological weapon; birth weig... |
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| CBD | carotid body denervation; closed bladder drainage; common bile duct |
| CBI | children's behavior inventory; continuous bladder irrigation |
| IBI | intermittent bladder irrigation; ischemic brain infarction |
| LKSB | liver, kidney, spleen, bladder |
| infection calculus | A calculus associated with infection and/or obstruction, usually composed of struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate). Synonym: infection calculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intestinal calculus | A concretion in the bowel, either a coprolith or an enterolith. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxalate calculus | A hard urinary calculus of calcium oxalate; some are covered with minute sharp spines that can abrade the renal pelvic epithelium, whereas others are smooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tonsillar calculus | A calcareous concretion in a distended tonsillar crypt. Synonym: tonsillar calculus, tonsillith. Origin: tonsillo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| encysted calculus | A urinary calculus enclosed in a sac developed from the wall of the bladder. Synonym: pocketed calculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urethral calculus | A stone impacted in urethra. May have formed proximally and gotten stuck there or may have formed in urethra; uncommon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrin calculus | A urinary calculus formed largely from fibrinogen in blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urinary calculus | A calculus in the kidney, ureter, bladder, or urethra. Synonym: urolith. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uterine calculus | A calcified myoma of the uterus. Synonym: hysterolith, uterolith. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimal calculus | A concretion in the lacrimal apparatus. Synonym: lacrimal calculus, ophthalmolith, tear stone. Origin: dacryo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| air bladder | 1. <anatomy> An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or oesophagus. 2. A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| allantoic bladder | A type of bladder formed as an outgrowth of the cloaca. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apex of urinary bladder | The junction of the superior and anteroinferior surfaces of the bladder, continuous above with the median umbilical ligament. Synonym: apex vesicae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atonic bladder | A large, dilated, and nonemptying bladder; usually due to disturbance of innervation or to chronic obstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autonomic neurogenic bladder | Malfunctioning bladder, secondary to low spinal cord lesions. (05 Mar 2000) |