| BOP | buffalo orphan prototype [virus] |
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| BUF | buffalo [rat] |
| BUF | Buffalo |
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| BGM | Buffalo Green Monkey |
| BRL | Buffalo rat liver |
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| buffalo hump | Term used to describe the distribution of a fat deposit seen posteriorly over the upper thoracic vertebrae; seen in hyperadrenocorticalism (Cushing's syndrome). Synonym: buffalo hump. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| buffalo | Origin: Sp. Bufalo (cf. It. Bufalo, F. Buffle), fr. L. Bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. Buffalo, prob. Fr. Ox. See Cow the animal, and cf. Buff the colour, and Bubale. 1. <zoology> A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. Bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers. 2. <zoology> A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; called also Cape buffalo. 3. <zoology> Any species of wild ox. 4. <zoology> The bison of North America. 5. A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below. 6. <marine biology> The buffalo fish. See Buffalo fish, below. <botany> Buffalo berry, the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub (Pyrularia oleifera); also, the shrub itself; oilnut. Buffalo robe, the skin of the bison of North America, prepared with the hair on; much used as a lap robe in sleighs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| buffalo neck | Combination of moderate kyphosis with thick heavy fat pad on the neck, seen especially in persons with Cushing's disease or syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buffalo type | Term used to describe the distribution of a fat deposit seen posteriorly over the upper thoracic vertebrae; seen in hyperadrenocorticalism (Cushing's syndrome). Synonym: buffalo hump. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water buffalo | <zoology> The European buffalo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hampton hump | <radiology> Pleural-based shallow consolidation in the form of a truncated cone with the base against the pleural surface, seen in pulmonary infarction (12 Dec 1998) |
| Hampton's hump | A juxtapleural pulmonary soft tissue density on a chest radiograph, convex toward the hilum, usually at the costophrenic angle; described as a manifestation of pulmonary infarction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hump | 1. A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back. 2. <zoology> A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale. Origin: Cf. D. Homp a lump, LG. Hump heap, hill, stump, possibly akin to E. Heap. Cf. Hunch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dowager's hump | Postmenopausal cervical kyphosis of older women. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dromedary hump | <radiology> Extra mass of normal tissue found only on the lateral portion of the left kidney, normal variant. (12 Dec 1998) |
| buffalo hump |
an accumulation of fatty tissue at the base of the neck.
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