| bluewing | <zoology> The blue-winged teal. See Teal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Blum, Paul | <person> French physician, 1878-1933. See: Gougerot and Blum disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blumberg's sign | <clinical sign> Pain felt upon sudden release of steadily applied pressure on a suspected area of the abdomen, indicative of peritonitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blumberg, Jacob | <person> German surgeon and gynecologist, 1873-1955. See: Blumberg's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blumenau's nucleus | The lateral cuneate nucleus of the medulla oblongata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blumenau, Leonid | <person> Russian neurologist, 1862-1932. See: Blumenau's nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blumenbach's clivus | 1. A downward sloping surface. 2. The sloping surface from the dorsum sellae to the foramen magnum composed of part of the body of the sphenoid and part of the basal part of the occipital bone. Synonym: Blumenbach's clivus. Origin: L. Slope (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blumenbach, Johann | <person> German physiologist, 1752-1840. See: Blumenbach's clivus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blumer's shelf | A shelf palpable by rectal examination, due to metastatic tumour cells gravitating from an abdominal cancer and growing in the rectovesical or rectouterine pouch. Synonym: Blumer's shelf. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blumer, George | <person> U.S. Physician, 1858-1940. See: Blumer's shelf. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blunger | A wooden blade with a cross handle, used for miing the clay in potteries; a plunger. Origin: Corrupted from plunger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blunt | 1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. "The murderous knife was dull and blunt." (Shak) 2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; opposed to acute. "His wits are not so blunt." (Shak) 3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. "Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behavior." "A plain, blunt man." 4. Hard to impress or penetrate. "I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions." (Pope) Blunt is much used in composition, as blunt-edged, blunt-sighted, blunt-spoken. Synonym: Obtuse, dull, pointless, curt, short, coarse, rude, brusque, impolite, uncivil. Origin: Cf. Prov. G. Bludde a dull or blunt knife, Dan. Blunde to sleep, Sw. & Icel. Blunda; or perh. Akin to E. Blind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blunt duct adenosis | Adenosis of the breast in which the ducts are enlarged but not increased in number. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blunt-end | Refers to double-stranded DNA in which there are no unpaired bases at the end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blunt-end DNA | <molecular biology> A fragment of a DNA molecule in which the ends of both strands are even with each other rather than one strand being longer than the other. (09 Oct 1997) |