| Brunn reaction | The increased absorption of water through the skin of the frog when the animal is injected with pituitrin and immersed in water; one of the physiological reactions used to study and classify posterior pituitary polypeptides and their analogues. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Brunn's membrane | The epithelium of the olfactory region of the nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brunn, Albert von | <person> German anatomist, 1849-1895. See: Brunn's membrane, Brunn's nests. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brunn, Fritz | <person> 20th century Czechoslovakian physician. See: Brunn reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brunner's glands | Tubuloalveolar glands in the submucous layer of the duodenum which opens into the crypts of lieberkuhn. They secrete urogastrone (see epidermal growth factor-urogastrone). They are also called glandulae duodenales or duodenal glands. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Brunner, Johann | <person> Swiss anatomist, 1653-1727. See: Brunner's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brunner, Johann Konrad | <person> B. Diessenhofen, Switzerland, Jan. 16th, 1653. D. Mannheim, Oct. 2nd, 1727. Studied under Duverney in Paris and became Professor of Anatomy at Heidelberg (1687) and Strasburg. Brunner's Glands - glandulae duodenales. Descriptio de glandulis in duodeno intestino detectis. Heidelberg. 1687. Also: Physiologica de glandulis duodeni cogitata. Heidelberg. 1687. The duodenal glands had previously been described by Brunner's father-in-law, J.J. Wepper, whose work was published in 1679. Lived: 1653-1727. (05 Dec 1998) |
| brunneroma | <tumour> An adenoma of Brunner's glands; a rare solitary tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brunnerosis | Benign nodular hyperplasia of Brunner's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brunonian | Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; a term applied to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown, of Scotland, the fundamental doctrine of which was, that life is a state of excitation produced by the normal action of external agents upon the body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency of excitation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Bruns ataxia | Difficulty in initiation of movements of the feet when they are in contact with the ground; a condition related to a frontal lobe lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bruns' nystagmus | A fine, jerking (vestibular) nystagmus on horizontal gaze in one direction, together with a slower, larger amplitude (gaze, paretic) nystagmus on looking in the opposite direction; due to lateral brainstem compression, usually by a cerebellar-pontine angle mass such as an acoustic neuroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bruns, Ludwig von | <person> German neurologist, 1858-1916. See: Bruns ataxia, Bruns' nystagmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brunschwig's operation | Removal of the urinary bladder, lower parts of the ureter, vagina, uterus, adnexa, rectum, anus, and adjacent lymph nodes; a colostomy and urinary diversion are necessary. Synonym: Brunschwig's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brunschwig, Alexander | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1901-1969. See: Brunschwig's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |