| blunt-end ligation | A lab technique to join together two pieces of blunt-end DNA, such as an insert into a cloning vector, which requires the enzyme ligase because there are no single-stranded overhanging ends for the attachment to form more spontaneously, by itself. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| blunt-ended DNA | Double-stranded DNA in which at least one of the ends has no unpaired bases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blunted affect | A disturbance in mood seen in schizophrenic patients manifested by shallowness and a severe reduction in the expression of feeling. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blur | 1. To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink. "But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor Which then he wore." (Shak) 2. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. "Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare." (J. R. Drake) 3. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation. "Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown." (Hudibras) Synonym: To spot, blot, disfigure, stain, sully. Origin: Prob. Of same origin as blear. See Blear. 1. That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance. "As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers, they make it worse." (Fuller) 2. A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur. 3. A moral stain or blot. "Lest she . . . Will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name." (Udall) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| blush | 1. A sudden and brief redness of the face and neck due to emotion. 2. In angiography, used metaphorically to describe neovascularity or, in some cases, extravasation. Origin: M.E., fr. O.E. Blyscan (05 Mar 2000) |
| blushing | Involuntary reddening, especially of the face, associated with feelings of embarrassment, confusion or shame. (12 Dec 1998) |
| blur |
(blur) (bl[schwa]r) indistinctness, clouding, or fogging.
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| blue baby |
an infant born with cyanosis due to a congenital heart lesion.
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(blue) (bloo) 1. one of the principal colors of the spectrum, the color of the sky. 2. having the color of the clear sky. 3. a dye that is blue in color.
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| Blue Cross |
Blue Cross is a name used by an association of health insurance plans throughout the United States. It was developed in 1929, by Justin Ford Kimball, at Baylor University in Dallas, Texas. The first plan guaranteed teachers 21 days of hospital care for $6 a year. The plan was extended to other employee groups in Dallas, and then nationally. The American Hospital Association (AHA) adopted the Blue Cross symbol in 1939 as the emblem for plans meeting certain standards. ...
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| blue line |
The Blue Line is one of the four subway lines of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. It extends from Wonderland Station in Revere in the north to Bowdoin Street near Beacon Hill in Boston in the south. It meets the Green Line at Government Center and the Orange Line at State Street. It also provides mass-transit service to Logan International Airport. ...
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| BLU | a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers |
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| BLU | a fit of despondency |
| BLU | acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning |
| BLU | shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries |
| BLU | shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries |
| BLU | wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers |
| BLU | Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit |
| BLU | the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree |
| BLU | a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers |
| BLU | widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers |
| BLU | a variety of arctic fox having a pale gray winter coat |
| BLU | a state of nervous depression |