| baldy calf |
a calf with a lethal inherited condition characterized by alopecia, cracked and ulcerated skin, elongated feet, and hypersalivation.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspz...
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| Balke protocol |
Balke-Ware protocol, a procedure for assessing cardiovascular health using a graded treadmill exercise test in which the treadmill speed is held constant and its slope increased, with the incremental increases in work so closely spaced as to approach continuity.
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| balloon atrial septostomy |
Rashkind balloon atrial septostomy, surgical creation of an opening in the interatrial septum of the heart by passage of a balloon catheter from the right atrium through the septum to the left atrium, at which point the balloon is inflated and the catheter is then withdrawn to create an interatrial septal defect; performed in transposition of the great vessels with an intact septum.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspz...
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| balm |
(balm) (bahm) [Fr. baume] 1. a healing or soothing medicine. 2. a plant of the genus Melissa, especially M. officinalis; it is carminative and aromatic. 3. b. of Gilead. 4. balsam.
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| balanced polymorphism |
Balancing selection refers to forms of natural selection which work to maintain genetic polymorphisms (or multiple alleles) within a population. Balancing selection is in contrast to directional selection which favor a single allele. A balanced polymorphism is a situation in which balancing selection within a population is able to maintain stable frequencies of two or more phenotypic forms. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_polymorphism
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