Category: B

  • Bone scoop

    A curette for scraping or removing necrosed bone or the contents of suppurative tracts.  

  • Blue sclera

    An abnormal thinning of the sclera through which a blue uveal pigment is seen. This may be found in people with disorders of collagen formation such as osteogenesis imperfecta.  

  • Bacterial satellite

    A bacterial colony that grows best when close to a colony of another microorganism.  

  • Botryoid sarcoma

    A rare malignant connective tissue tumor occurring in the uterus, bladder, vagina, liver, or biliary tree.  

  • Brain sand

    Concretion of matter near the base of the pineal gland.  

  • Biased sample

    In epidemiology or medical research, a sample of a group that does not equally represent the members of the group.  

  • Buffer salt

    A salt that fixes excess amounts of acid or alkali without a change in hydrogen ion concentration.  

  • Basic salt

    A salt retaining the ability to react with an acid radical.  

  • Buccal object rule

    A dental radiographical technique used to identify the position of an object within a three-dimensional area. A reference radiograph is taken. The projection angle is changed and the resulting radiograph compared with the reference radiograph. If the image remains in the same position, the object is located buccal to the reference object. If the image…

  • Body rocking

    Rhythmic movements seen especially in the bored, lonely, cognitively impaired, visually impaired, or disturbed.