| belomancy | A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future. Origin: Gr.; arrow + a diviner: cf. F. Belomancie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| belonephobia | <psychology> A morbid fear of needles, pins and other sharp objects. Origin: Gr. Phobos = fear (16 Mar 1998) |
| belonite | <chemical> Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks. Origin: Gr. A needle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| beloved | Greatly loved; dear to the heart. "Antony, so well beloved of Caesar." (Shak) "This is my beloved Son." (Matt. Iii. 17) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Belsey Mark IV operation | A transthoracic anti-reflux procedure; it restores a 3 to 4 cm length of intraabdominal oesophagus, maintains a narrow diameter of the distal oesophagus by a gastric fundoplication. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Belsey Mark IV procedure | A transthoracic hiatal hernia repair that restores the lower oesophageal sphincter zone to the high pressure region below the diaphragm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Belsey Mark V procedure | A modified Belsey Mark IV procedure often employing pledgetted sutures performed for patients with hiatal hernia plus disordered oesophageal motility in whom an oesophageal myotomy is also needed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Belsey, Ronald | <person> 20th century British surgeon. See: Belsey Mark IV operation, Belsey Mark IV procedure, Belsey Mark V procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| belt | To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround. "A coarse black robe belted round the waist." (C. Reade) "They belt him round with hearts undaunted." (Wordsworth) 2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. Origin: Belted; Belting. 1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt. "The shining belt with gold inlaid." (Dryden) 2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle. "He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the belt of rule." (Shak) 3. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand. 4. Same as Band. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt. 5. <astronomy> One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds. 6. <geography> A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea. 7. A token or badge of knightly rank. 8. <mechanics> A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. 9. A band or stripe, as of colour, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges. Belt lacing, thongs used for lacing together the ends of machine belting. See: Illust. Of Pulley. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| belt desmosome | <cell biology> Another name for the zonula adherens or adherens junction (18 Nov 1997) |
| belt test | An obsolete test: firm upward pressure on the lower part of the abdomen will remove the feeling of discomfort in cases of enteroptosia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| beluga | <zoology> A cetacean allied to the dolphins. The northern beluga (Delphinapterus catodon) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long. Origin: Russ. Bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. White fish, fr. Bieluii white. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| belzebuth | <zoology> A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil. Origin: From Beelzebub. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bel |
[Chaldean] "The confounder", "to mix", also "the heart". Name of the great Babylonian god, originally given as a title to Cush. Name later passed down to his deified descendants. As "The Confounder," his symbol was the club. In Chaldea the name of a club comes from the word Hephaitz, "to break in pieces or scatter abroad." (Vulcan
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| bell-shaped curve |
the curve of the probability density function of the normal distribution (qv).
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| bell-shaped curve |
A common expression referring to the normal distribution.
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| Bell's palsy |
another name for facial palsy, the usually one-sided, temporary numbing of the facial muscles, caused by an inflamed nerve
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| Bell's palsy |
Weakness or paralysis of the muscles that control expression on one side of the face because of damage to a facial nerve.
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| BEL | a republic in central Africa |
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| BEL | young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head |
| BEL | the basic unit of money in Belgium |
| BEL | breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle |
| BEL | red breed of domestic rabbits |
| BEL | hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep |
| BEL | hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep |
| BEL | thick sweet waffle often eaten with ice cream or fruit sauce |
| BEL | a monarchy in northwestern Europe |
| BEL | a monarchy in northwestern Europe |
| BEL | capital and largest city of Yugoslavia |
| BEL | represent falsely |