| baby bottle syndrome | Rampant caries of the primary dentition associated with the habitual use, after age 1, of a baby bottle as an aid for sleeping. Synonym: baby bottle syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| baby tooth | A tooth of the first set of teeth, comprising 20 in all, that erupts between the mean ages of 6 and 28 months of life. Synonym: dens deciduus, baby tooth, deciduous dentition, dens lacteus, first dentition, milk tooth, primary dentition, primary tooth, temporary tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| baby, foetal alcohol syndrome | <syndrome> Alcohol is capable of causing birth defects. FAS (foetal alcohol syndrome) always involves brain damage. And impaired growth. FAS also always involves head and face abnormalities. No amount of alcohol has been proven safe during pregnancy. Women who are or may become pregnant are advised to avoid alcohol. (12 Dec 1998) |
| babylonian | 1. An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean. 2. An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bacampicillin hydrochloride | 1-(Ethoxycarbonyloxy)ethyl(6R)-6-(alpha-d-phenylglycylamino)penicillanate hydrochloride;a semisynthetic penicillin with the same activity and uses as ampicillin, but better absorbed on oral administration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| baccate | <plant biology> Berry-like, of seeds, having a succulent or pulpy testa, of fruits, having the seeds embedded in pulp. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Baccelli's sign | <clinical sign> An obsolete sign: good conduction of the whisper in nonpurulent pleural effusions. Synonym: aphonic pectoriloquy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baccelli, Guido | <person> Italian physician, 1832-1916. See: Baccelli's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacchante | 1. A priestess of Bacchus. 2. A female bacchanal. Origin: L. Bacchantes. (12 Mar 1998) |
| bacchus | The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bacciferous | <plant biology> Producing berries. "Bacciferous trees." Origin: L. Baccifer; bacca berry + ferre to bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bacciform | Berry-shaped. Origin: L. Bacca, berry (05 Mar 2000) |
| baccivorous | <ornithology> Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds. Origin: L. Bacca berry + varare to devour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bacheelor | 1. A man of any age who has not been married. "As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound." (W. Irving) 2. An unmarried woman. 3. A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts. 4. A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight. 5. In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. 6. <zoology> A kind of bass, an edible fresh water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States. Origin: OF. Bacheler young man, F. Bachelier (cf.Pr. Bacalar, Sp.bachiller, Pg. Bacharel, It. Baccalare), LL. Baccalarius the tenant of a kind of farm called baccalaria, a soldier not old or rich enough to lead his retainers into battle with a banner, person of an inferior academical degree aspiring to a doctorate. In the latter sense, it was afterward changed to baccalaureus. See Baccalaureate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bachelor's button | <botany> A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena). Bachelor's buttons, a name given to several flowers "from their similitude to the jagged cloathe buttons, anciently worne in this kingdom", according to Johnson's; but by other writers ascribed to "a habit of country fellows to carry them in their pockets to divine their success with their sweethearts." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |