| barrel chest |
a rounded, bulging chest with abnormal increase in the anteroposterior diameter, showing little movement on respiration; seen in emphysema and in kyphosis.
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| Barker's operation |
1. an excision of the hip joint by an anterior cut. 2. a special method of excising the astragalus by an incision extending from just above the external malleolus forward and inward to the dorsum of the foot.
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| Barkman's reflex |
contraction of the rectus abdominis muscle on the same side after stimulation of the skin just below one of the nipples.
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| baroreceptor reflex |
the reflex responses to stimulation of baroreceptors of the carotid sinus and aortic arch, regulating blood pressure by controlling heart rate, strength of heart contractions, and diameter of blood vessels.
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| Bartholin's cyst |
a mucin-filled cyst resulting from obstruction of the duct of the greater vestibular gland (Bartholin's gland).
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