| ERBD | Endoscopic Retrograde Bile(Biliary) Drainage |
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| PTBD | Percutaneous Transhepatic Bile Drainage |
| BA | Bachelor of Arts; backache; bacterial agglutination; basilar artery; basion; benzyladenine; best amp... |
| BAIF | bile acid independent flow |
| BBE | Bacteroides bile esculin [agar] |
| salt water soap | A soap made of palm or coconut oil for use with sea water in which it is soluble. Synonym: salt water soap. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Seignette's salt | KNaC4H4O6;a mild saline cathartic, used as an ingredient in compound effervescent powders. Synonym: Rochelle salt, Seignette's salt, sodium potassium tartrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hot salt steriliser | A steriliser for endodontic equipment in which table salt is heated in a container at 218 to 246캜; the dry heat is transmitted to root canal instruments, absorbent points, or cotton pellets for their rapid (5 to 10 seconds) sterilization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| double salt | A salt in which two different positive ions are bonded to the same negative ion, or vice versa; e.g., NaKSO4. (05 Mar 2000) |
| table salt | <chemical> Table salt, NaCL. (09 Oct 1997) |
| epsom salt | <medicine> Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| low salt diet | A diet with restricted amounts of sodium chloride, necessary in the treatment of some cases of hypertension, heart failure, and other syndromes characterised by fluid retention and/or oedema formation. (05 Mar 2000) |