Category: B

  • Back pain

    Pain in the back, especially long-lasting or severe pain. Pain felt in or along the spine or musculature of the posterior thorax. It is usually characterized by dull, continuous pain and tenderness in the muscles or their attachments in the lower lumbar, lumbosacral, or sacroiliac regions. Back pain is often referred to the leg or…

  • Back muscles

    The strong muscles in the back which help hold the body upright.  

  • Background carboxyhaemoglobin level

    The level of carboxyhaemoglobin in the blood of a person who is not exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide.    

  • Backbone

    A series of bones, the vertebrae, linked together to form a flexible column running from the pelvis to the skull. The relatively inflexible structure comprised of vertebrae, extending from the neck to the pelvis in the posterior of the body.  

  • Backache

    Pain in the back. Backache is a common complaint; it may be caused by muscle strain or other muscle injury or disorder, or by pressure on a nerve, resulting from vertebral disk injury or other injury, or as a symptom of many other disorders. Treatment depends on the cause; it may include bed rest, heat…

  • Back

    The part of the body from the neck downwards to the waist, which is made up of the spine and the bones attached to it. The other side from the front. Posterior part of the body trunk from the nape of the neck to the buttocks. The region extending from the shoulders to the buttocks…

  • Bacilluria

    The presence of bacilli in the urine, usually due to bladder or kidney infection. The existence of bacilli in the urine.  

  • Bacillaemia

    An infection of the blood by bacilli.  

  • Baby clinic

    Baby clinic

    A special clinic which deals with babies.  

  • Baby

    Baby

    A very young child who is not yet old enough to talk or walk. Child under 1 year of age, or not yet able to walk. An infant; a child before it begins to walk. The birth weight of most normal infants is between 6 pounds and 8V2 pounds with a broad average of 7V4…