| Bill, Arthur | <person> U.S. Obstetrician, 1877-1961. See: Bill's manoeuvre. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| billard | <zoology> An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish. Alternative forms: billet and billit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| billary | <physiology> Relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; as, biliary acids; biliary ducts. <medicine> Biliary calculus, a gallstone, or a concretion formed in the gall bladder or its duct. Origin: L. Bilis bile: cf. F. Biliaire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| billbug | <zoology> A weevil or curculio of various species, as the corn weevil. See Curculio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| billet | 1. A small stick of wood, as for firewood. "They shall beat out my brains with billets." (Shak) 2. <chemistry> A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron. Origin: F. Billette, bille, log; of unknown origin; a different word from bille ball. Cf. Billiards, Billot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| billfish | <zoology> A name applied to several distinct fishes: The garfish (Tylosurus, or Belone, longirostris) and allied species. The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus). The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. The American fresh water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| billing credit | A payment by the Bonneville Power Administration to a wholesale customer for actions taken by that customer to reduce BPA's obligations to acquire new resources. The payment is usually made by an offset against billings. (05 Dec 1998) |
| billingsgate | 1. A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language. 2. Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| billowing mitral valve syndrome | <syndrome> The clinical constellation of findings with or without symptoms due to prolapse of the mitral valve: a nonejection systolic click accentuated in the standing posture, sometimes multiple, sometimes with mitral regurgitation occurring relatively late in systole, and accompanied by echocardiographic evidence of the mitral valve prolapse, usually with thickened leaflets of the valve. Symptoms are non-specific and may include vague chest pains and dyspnea on exertion. Synonym: billowing mitral valve syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Billroth I anastomosis | Excision of the pylorus with end-to-end anastomosis of stomach and duodenum. Synonym: Billroth I anastomosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Billroth II anastomosis | Resection of the pylorus with the greater part of the lesser curvature of the stomach, closure of the cut ends of the duodenum and stomach, followed by a gastrojejunostomy. Synonym: Billroth II anastomosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Billroth's cords | The tissue occurring between the venous sinuses in the spleen. Synonym: Billroth's cords, red pulp cords. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Billroth's i operation | <procedure, surgery> The excision of the pylorus with end-to-end anastomosis of the stomach and the duodenum. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Billroth's operation I | Excision of the pylorus with end-to-end anastomosis of stomach and duodenum. Synonym: Billroth I anastomosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Billroth's operation II | Resection of the pylorus with the greater part of the lesser curvature of the stomach, closure of the cut ends of the duodenum and stomach, followed by a gastrojejunostomy. Synonym: Billroth II anastomosis. (05 Mar 2000) |