Category: B

An increase in the number of basophils in the blood. A property of a microscopic structure whereby it shows an affinity for basic dyes. The blueish appearance under the microscope of immature red blood corpuscles when stained by certain dyes. This appearance, with the blue areas collected in points, is seen in lead poisoning and…

Important or prominent.  

Referring to a base.  

A chemical compound formed when an acid reacts with a base.  

Very simple, from which everything else comes. Referring to a chemical substance which reacts with an acid to form a salt. ln chemistry, possessing the properties of a base.  

A form of hyperthyroidism [Described 1840. After Carl Adolph Basedow (1799-1854), general practitioner in Mersburg, Germany.] Excess thyroid hormone production. Also called Graves’ disease or hyperthyroidism.  

Masses of grey matter at the bottom of each cerebral hemisphere.  

The administration a narcotic before a general anaesthetic. Initial narcosis produced by sedatives used prior to administration of a general anesthetic.  

A cell from the stratum germinativum. A type of cell in the deepest layer of the epidermis. A small, round cell found in the lower part (or base) of the epidermis, the outer layer of the skin. Within the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin, a specialized cell known as a keratinocyte resides specifically…

Two glands at the side of the vagina and between it and the vulva, which secrete a lubricating substance. Either of two small, mucus-secreting glands located on the posterior and lateral parts of the vestibule of the vagina. Two small glands opening either side of the external vaginal orifice. Their secretions help to lubricate the…