| Bachman test | A skin test for trichinosis in which an extract of Trichinella larvae is suspended in saline and injected intradermally. An immediate wheal-and-flare reaction or a delayed response indicates infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bachman, George | <person> U.S. Parasitologist, *1890. See: Bachman-Pettit test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bachman-Pettit test | A modification of Kober's test for the detection of estradiol and similar oestrogenic hormones in the urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bachmann's bundle | Division of the anterior internodal tract that continues into the left atrium providing a specialised path for interatrial conduction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bachmann, Jean George | <person> U.S. Physiologist, 1877-1959. See: Bachmann's bundle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillaceae | A family of bacteria which produce endospores. They are mostly saprophytes from soil, but a few are insect or animal parasites or pathogens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bacillaceae infections | Infections with bacteria of the family bacillaceae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bacillaemia | The presence of rod-shaped bacteria in the circulating blood. Origin: bacillus + G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillar | <biology> Shaped like a rod or staff. Origin: L. Bacillum little staff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bacillariae | <biology> See Diatom. Origin: NL, fr.L. Bacillum, dim. Of baculum stick. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bacillary | Shaped like a rod; consisting of rods or rodlike elements. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillary dysentery | Infection with Shigella dysenteriae, S. Flexneri, or other organisms. Synonym: Japanese dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillary haemoglobinuria | An acute toxaemic disease of cattle caused by the bacterium Clostridium haemolyticum and characterised by severe depression, fever, abdominal pain, dyspnea, dysentery, haemoglobinuria, and rapid death; also occurs in sheep and, rarely, in dogs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacillary layer | The layer of the retina next to the pigment layer and containing the visual receptors. See: retina, granular layers of retina, neuroepithelial layer of retina. Synonym: bacillary layer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bacille Calmette-Guerin | An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. Extracts of the bacterium have remarkable powers in stimulation of lymphocytes and leucocytes and are used in adjuvants. Synonym: Calmette-Guerin bacillus. Acronym: BCG Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |