| BMD | Bone Mineral Density |
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| BMT | Bone Marrow Transplantation;골수 이식 |
| HIVD | Herniation(Herniated) of Inter-Vertebral Disc - Cervical HIVD &... |
| 99mTc | radioactive Technetium(used in Brain Skull, Thyroid, Liver, Spleen, Bone & Lung scans) |
| A>B | air greater than bone [conduction] |
| body of hyoid bone | The body of the hyoid bone, from which the greater and lesser horns extend. Synonym: corpus ossis hyoidei, base of hyoid bone, basihyal, basihyoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| body of sphenoid bone | The central portion of the sphenoid bone from which the greater and lesser wings and the pterygoid processes arise. The sphenoidal sinuses lie within it. Synonym: corpus ossis sphenoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| body of thigh bone | The cylindrical shaft of the thigh bone. Synonym: corpus ossis femoris, body of thigh bone, corpus femoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone | 1. <anatomy> The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone. Even in the hardest parts of bone there are many minute cavities containing living matter and connected by minute canals, some of which connect with larger canals through which blood vessels ramify. 2. One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl) The frame or skeleton of the body. 3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace. 4. Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music. 5. Dice. 6. Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset. 7. The framework of anything. A bone of contention, a subject of contention or dispute. A bone to pick, something to investigate, or to busy one's self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one). Bone ash, the residue from calcined bones; used for making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry. <mathematics> Bone black, a right whale. To be upon the bones of, to attack. To pick a bone with, to quarrel with, as dogs quarrel over a bone; to settle a disagreement. Origin: OE. Bon, ban, AS. Ban; akin to Icel. Bein, Sw. Ben, Dan. & D. Been, G. Bein bone, leg; cf. Icel. Beinn straight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bone abscess | Suppuration within the medullary cavity (osteomyelitis), cortex, or periosteum of bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone ache | A dull pain in the bones, often severe; an extreme variety occurs in dengue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone age | The stage of development of bone as adjudged by radiography, in contrast to chronologic age. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone architecture | The pattern of trabeculae and associated structures. See: Wolff's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone ash | Ca3(PO4)2;used as an antacid. Synonym: bone ash, bone phosphate, tertiary calcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate, whitlockite. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone banks | Centres for acquiring, characterizing, and storing bones or bone tissue for future use. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bone black | Charcoal produced by incomplete combustion of animal tissues, especially bone. Synonym: animal black, bone black, bone charcoal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone block | A surgical procedure in which the bone adjacent to the joint is modified to limit the motion of the joint mechanically; e.g., at the ankle joint to correct foot-drop by preventing extension below 90 |
| bone canaliculus | The canaliculus interconnecting bone lacunae with one another or with a haversian canal; contains the interconnecting cytoplasmic processes of osteocytes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bone cancer | <oncology> A general term to imply malignant tumour growth in bone. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bone cell | <pathology> Osteoblast that is embedded in bony tissue and which is relatively inactive. (18 Nov 1997) |