| CBR | carbonyl reductase; chemical, biological, and radiological [warfare]; chemically-bound residue; chro... |
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| FOB | fecal occult blood; feet out of bed; fiberoptic bronchoscopy; foot of bed; functional observational ... |
| HPL | human parotid lysozyme; human peripheral lymphocyte; human placental lactogen |
| PFR | parotid flow rate; peak flow rate |
| PG | paregoric; parotid gland; pentagastrin; pepsinogen; peptidoglycan; Pharmacopoeia Germanica; phosphat... |
| PSP | Parotid secretory protein |
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| BR | Bed Rest |
| BED | Binge Eating Disorder |
| BED | Biologically Effective Dose |
| EBA | Expanded bed adsorption |
| parotid bed | The structures which surround and contact the parotid, forming the boundaries of the parotid space: anteriorly, the ramus of the mandible flanked by the masseter and medial pterygoid muscles; medially, the pharyngeal wall, carotid sheath and structures originating from the styloid process; posteriorly, the mastoid process, sternocleidomastoid muscle, and posterior belly of the digastric muscle; superiorly, the temporomandibular joint and the tympanic bone and cartilaginous portion of the external acoustic meatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bed | 1. To place in a bed. 2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with. "I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her." (Shak) 3. To furnish with a bed or bedding. 4. To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold. 5. To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock. "Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded." (Wordsworth) 6. To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed. 7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. "Bedded hair." Origin: Bedded; Bedding. 1. An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs. "And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed." (Byron) "I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . Make the beds." (Shak) "In bed he slept not for my urging it." (Shak) 2. (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage. "George, the eldest son of his second bed." (Clarendon) 3. A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. "Beds of hyacinth and roses." 4. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals. 5. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river. "So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed." (Milton) 6. <geology> A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc. 7. See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed. 8. The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds. A course of stone or brick in a wall. The place or material in which a block or brick is laid. The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. 9. <mechanics> The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine. 10. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad. 11. The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid. Bed is much used adjectively or in combination; as, bed key or bedkey; bed wrench or bedwrench; bedchamber; bedmaker, etc. Bed of justice, a phrase applied to a separation by partial divorce of man and wife, without dissolving the bonds of matrimony. If such a divorce (now commonly called a judicial separation) be granted at the instance of the wife, she may have alimony. Origin: AS. Bed, bedd; akin to OS. Bed, D. Bed, bedde, Icel. Ber, Dan. Bed, Sw. Badd, Goth. Badi, OHG. Betti, G. Bett, bette, bed, beet a plat of ground; all of uncertain origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bed conversion | The reallocation of beds from one type of care service to another, as in converting acute care beds to long term care beds. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bed occupancy | A measure of inpatient health facility use based upon the average number or proportion of beds occupied for a given period of time. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bed of breast | Structures against which the posterior surface of the breast lies; includes mainly the pectoralis major muscle, but also some serratus anterior and external abdominal oblique muscle; extends from second to sixth rib, and from parasternal to anterior axillary lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bed of stomach | The structures against which the posteroinferior surface of the stomach lies, and from which it is separated, for the main part, by the omental bursa; includes diaphragm, left suprarenal gland, upper part of left kidney, splenic artery, anterior aspect of pancreatic body and tail, left colic flexure, and transverse mesocolon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bed rest | Confinement of an individual to bed for therapeutic or experimental reasons. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bed rock | <chemical> The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bed-wetting | The involuntary passage of urine at nighttime in children age 4 to 5 years. most bed-wetting stops by the age of three. Enuresis is twice as common in boys as in females. Causes have been attributed to delay in bladder muscle development, adjustment disorder (parents too controlling or aggressive, too early (and too coercive) of toilet training, diabetes and spinal cord lesions (rare). A urinary tract infection should be excluded in the cases of a sudden onset of bed-wetting. Treatment includes behaviour modification (rewarding good behaviour), supportive and helpful attitude by parents, limiting fluids at bedtime and alarm devices (a sleep pad that sets off an alarm when it gets wet). Vasopressin nasal spray has been used successfully to treat this condition in some children. (27 Sep 1997) |
| capillary bed | The capillaries considered collectively and their volume capacity for blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gatch bed | A bed with divided sections for independent elevation of a patient's head and knees. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water bed | A mattress in the form of a closed rubber bag filled with water; used to prevent or treat pressure sores by equalizing the distribution of the patient's weight against the support. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mud bed | A bed in which the mattress consists of semiliquid mud made from special clays, covered with a sheet of plastic material; used to widely distribute the pressure of the body weight over the dependent surface, for patients with burns or large anaesthetic areas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crests of nail bed | The numerous longitudinal ridges of the nail bed distal to the lunula. Synonym: cristae matricis unguis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hospital bed capacity | The number of beds which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nail bed | The area of the corium on which the nail rests; it is extremely sensitive and presents numerous longitudinal ridges on its surface. According to some anatomists, the nail bed is the portion covered by the body of the nail, the nail matrix being only the part on which the root of the nail rests. Synonym: matrix unguis, keratogenous membrane, nail matrix, onychostroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
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