| BH | base hospital; benzalkonium and heparin; bill of health; birth history; Bishop-Harman [instruments];... |
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| Bill's manoeuvre | Forceps rotation of the foetal head at mid-pelvis before extraction of the head. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bill, Arthur | <person> U.S. Obstetrician, 1877-1961. See: Bill's manoeuvre. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| brown bill | A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill. "Many time, but for a sallet, my brainpan had been cleft with a brown bill." (Shak) The black, or as it is sometimes called, the brown bill, was a kind of halberd, the cutting part hooked like a woodman's bill, from the back of which projected a spike, and another from the head. Origin: Brown + bill cutting tool. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| parrot's-bill | <botany> The glory pea. See Glory. Origin: So called from the resemblance of its curved superior petal to a parrot's bill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| speckled-bill | <zoology> The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| duck's-bill | <zoology> Having the form of a duck's bill. Duck's-bill limpet, a limpet of the genus Parmaphorus; so named from its shape. (04 Mar 1998) |
| ivory-bill | <zoology> A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-coloured beak. Its general colour is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Adson manoeuvre | A test for thoracic outlet syndrome; the patient is seated, with head extended and turned to the side of the lesion; with deep inspiration there is a diminution or total loss of radial pulse on the affected side. Not all patients with a positive Adson's test have thoracic outlet syndrome. Synonym: Adson manoeuvre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bracht manoeuvre | Delivery of a foetus in breech position by extension of the legs and trunk of the foetus over the symphysis pubis and abdomen of the mother; the foetal head is born spontaneously as the legs and trunk are lifted above the maternal pelvis, and as the body of the infant is extended by the operator. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brandt-Andrews manoeuvre | The expression of the placenta by grasping the umbilical cord with one hand and placing the other hand on the abdomen, with the fingers over the anterior surface of the uterus at the junction of the lower uterine segment and the corpus uteri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Buzzard's manoeuvre | Testing the patellar reflex while the sitting patient makes firm pressure on the floor with the toes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pajot's manoeuvre | An obsolete term for traction downward on the forceps lock with one hand while traction is applied with the other hand to bring the foetal head down in the axis of the birth canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Valsalva manoeuvre | Any forced expiratory effort ("strain") against a closed airway, whether at the nose and mouth or at the glottis, the reverse of Muller's manoeuvre; because high intrathoracic pressure impedes venous return to the right atrium, this manoeuvre is used to study cardiovascular effects of raised peripheral venous pressure and decreased cardiac filling and cardiac output, as well as post-strain responses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| valsalva's manoeuvre | Forced expiratory effort against a closed airway. It is used to study cardiovascular effects of increased peripheral venous pressure and decreased cardiac filling and output. (12 Dec 1998) |
| manoeuvre | A planned movement or procedure. Origin: Fr. Manoeuvre, fr. L. Manu operari, to work by hand (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mauriceau-Levret manoeuvre | <obstetrics> A method of assisted breech delivery in which the infant's body is astraddle the right forearm, and the middle finger of the right hand is in the foetal mouth to maintain flexion while traction is made upon the shoulders by the other hand. Synonym: Mauriceau-Levret manoeuvre. (05 Mar 2000) |
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