| BI | background interval; bacterial or bactericidal index; base-in [prism]; basilar impression; Billroth ... |
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| BIS | bone cement implantation syndrome; Brain Information Service; building illness syndrome |
| BL | Barre-Lieou [syndrome]; basal lamina; baseline; Bessey-Lowry [unit]; black light; bladder; bleeding;... |
| BM | Bachelor of Medicine; barium meal; basal medium; basal metabolism; basement membrane; basilar membra... |
| BMA | bone marrow arrest; British Medical Association |
| Faden suture | A suture placed between an ocular rectus muscle and the posterior sclera to limit excessive action of the eyeball. Origin: Ger. Faden, thread, twine (05 Mar 2000) |
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| false suture | <anatomy> One whose opposing margins are smooth or present only a few ill-defined projections. Synonym: sutura notha. (05 Mar 2000) |
| far-and-near suture | A suture utilizing alternate near and far stitches, used to approximate fascial edges. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uninterrupted suture | An uninterrupted series of stitches using one suture; the stitching is fastened at each end by a knot. Synonym: spiral suture, uninterrupted suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zygomaticomaxillary suture | Articulation of the zygomatic bone with the zygomatic process of the maxilla. Synonym: sutura zygomaticomaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zygomaticotemporal suture | Line of junction of the zygomatic process of the temporal and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone. Synonym: sutura temporozygomatica, sutura zygomaticotemporalis, temporozygomatic suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| figure-of-8 suture | A suture utilizing criss-cross stitches, used to approximate fascial edges or the musculofascial and outer layers of an abdominal wound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimoconchal suture | Line of union of the lacrimal bone with the inferior nasal concha. Synonym: sutura lacrimoconchalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lacrimomaxillary suture | Line of union, on the medial wall of the orbit, between the anterior and inferior margin of the lacrimal bone and the maxilla. Synonym: sutura lacrimomaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lambdoid suture | <anatomy> Line of union between the occipital and the parietal bones. Synonym: sutura lambdoidea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lambdoid suture defect | <radiology> Well-defined lucent lesion, classically unilateral, associated with neurofibromatosis (12 Dec 1998) |
| frontal suture | The suture between the two halves of the frontal bone, usually obliterated by about the sixth year; if persistent it is called a metropic suture. Synonym: sutura frontalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontoethmoidal suture | Line of union between the cribriform plate of the ethmoid and the orbital plate and posterior margin of the nasal process of the frontal bone. Synonym: sutura frontoethmoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontolacrimal suture | Line of union between the upper margin of the lacrimal and the orbital plate of the frontal bone. Synonym: sutura frontolacrimalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| frontomaxillary suture | Articulation of the frontal process of the maxilla with the frontal bone. Synonym: sutura frontomaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |