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  • Black

    Devoid of color or reflecting no light.  

  • Bjerrum’s sign

    A sickle- or comet-shaped blind spot usually found in the central zone of the visual field; seen in glaucoma.  

  • Bjerrum’s screen

    A 1-m square planar surface viewed from a distance of 1 m and consisting of a large square of black cloth with a central mark for fixation. It is used to plot the physiological blind spot, the central and paracentral scotomate, and other visual field defects.  

  • Bizygomatic

    To the most prominent point on each of the two zygomatic arches.  

  • Bixel

    A beam element or ray in radiation oncology.  

  • Bitter melon

    A bitter-tasting tropical vegetable (Momordica charantia) popular in Asian countries, also known as balsam apple, balsam pear, bitter gourd, cerasee, karela, ku gua, and squirting cucumber. It is promoted in complementary and alternative medicine for its effects on diabetes melhtus, HIV infection, and obesity.  

  • Bitrochanteric

    To both greater trochanters of the two femurs.  

  • Bitelock

    A device used in dentistry for retaining bite rims outside the mouth in the same position as they were inside the mouth.  

  • Flea bite

    A hemorrhagic punctum surrounded by erythematous and urticarial patches and caused by the injection of flea saliva.  

  • Fire ant bite

    Injury caused by fire ant venom, resulting in local redness and tenderness, and occasional episodes of life-threatening anaphylaxis.  

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