| BAT | basic aid training; best available technology; blunt abdominal trauma; brown adipose tissue |
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| BBS | Barolet-Biedl syndrome; bashful bladder syndrome; benign breast syndrome; bilateral breath sounds; b... |
| BN | bladder neck; branchial neuritis; bronchial node; brown Norway [rat]; bulimia nervosa |
| Br | breech; bregma; bridge; bromine; bronchitis; brown; Brucella; brucellosis |
| brn | brown |
| BAT | Brown Adipose Tissue |
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| B-N | Brown Norway |
| BN | Brown Norway rat |
| BRW | Brown-Robert-Wells |
| CY-BOCS | Children Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale |
| brown thrush | <zoology> A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; also called brown thrasher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ant thrush | <ornithology> One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants. See Ant bird, under Ant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| vaginal thrush | A vaginitis caused by infection with the yeast-like organism, Candida albicans. Symptoms include vaginal redness, itching, pain and a cheesy, white, curd-like vaginal discharge. Treatment is with antifungal agents such as clotrimazole (Lotrimin Cream). (27 Sep 1997) |
| water thrush | <zoology> A North American bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the common species (S. Noveboracensis). The European water ousel. The pied wagtail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thrush | <gastroenterology, microbiology, oncology> Infection with a fungus of the genus Candida. It is usually a superficial infection of the moist cutaneous areas of the body and is generally caused by Candida albicans, it most commonly involves the skin (dermatocandidiasis), oral mucous membranes (oral candidiasis), respiratory tract (bronchocandidiasis) and vagina (vaginal candidiasis or thrush). Rarely there is a systemic infection or endocarditis. Oral candidiasis: describes a fungal (yeast) infection of the oral cavity due to Candida. It is common in infants, diabetics or those on chemotherapy and is well recognised in patients with HIV infection and AIDS. Oesophageal candidiasis: Infection of the oesophagus by the yeast-like fungus Candidal albicans. Usually occurs in the immunocompromised individual (AIDS or following chemotherapy). Oral candidiasis is a predisposing factor but oesophageal involvement can occur without evidence of infection in the oral cavity. Symptoms include difficulty swallowing, pain on swallowing and oral lesions. Diagnosis is made using endoscopy. Treatment is with antifungal agents such as ketoconazole or fluconazole. Synonym: moniliasis, candidosis, oidiomycosis, blastodendriosis. (16 Dec 1997) |
| thrush fungus | <fungus> A dimorphic fungus that is an opportunistic pathogen of humans. A common aetiological agent for candidiasis and thrush. This species is found as a part of the normal gastrointestinal flora. (18 Nov 1997) |
| algae, brown | Predominantly marine algae of the division phaeophyta, having chromatophores containing carotenoid pigments. Genera include ascophyllum, fucus, eisenia, petalonia, ectocarpus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Bismarck brown R | A diazo dye similar to Bismarck brown Y. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bismarck brown Y | A diazo dye used for staining mucin and cartilage in histologic sections, in the Papanicolaou technique for vaginal smears, and as one of Kasten's Schiff-type reagents in the PAS and Feulgen stains. Synonym: vesuvin. Origin: Ger. Bismarckbraun, after Otto von Bismarck, Ger. Chancellor (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blair-Brown graft | A split-thickness graft of intermediate thickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown | Of a dark colour, of various shades between black and red or yellow. "Cheeks brown as the oak leaves." (Longfellow) Brown Bess, the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army. Brown bread Dark coloured bread; especially. A kind made of unbolted wheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. "He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic." . Dark coloured bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. Brown coal, wood coal. See Lignite. Brown hematite or Brown iron ore, a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite. Brown stone. See Brownstone. Brown stout, a strong kind of proter or malt liquor. Brown study, a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie. Origin: OE. Brun, broun, AS. Brn; akin to D. Bruin, OHG. Brn, Icel. Brnn, Sw. Brun, Dan. Bruun, G. Braun, Lith. Brunas, Skr. Babhru. 93. Cf. Bruin, Beaver, Burnish, Brunette. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brown adipose tissue | A thermogenic type of adipose tissue containing a dark pigment, and arising during embryonic life in certain specific areas in many mammals, including man. It is prominent in the newborn of all species in which it occurs and remains a distinct and conspicuous tissue in the adults of certain species, especially those that hibernate. It is also called brown adipose tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Brown-Adson forceps | An Adson forceps with about 16 delicate teeth on each tip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown atrophy | Atrophy of the heart wall, especially in the elderly, in which the muscle is dark reddish brown and reduced in volume; the muscle fibres become pigmented especially about the nuclei, by lipochrome granules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| Brown-Brenn stain | <technique> A method for differential staining of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in tissue sections; it utilises a modified Gram stain of crystal violet, Gram's iodine, and basic fuchsin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown thrush | common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage |
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