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Bottom shuffling
The process by which a baby who cannot yet walk moves around by moving itself along on its hands and buttocks.
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Bottom
The part of the body on which you sit. The anus (informal).
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Bottle feeding
The act of giving a baby milk from a bottle, as opposed to breast feeding. Supplying an infant with nutrients in a modified milk or milk like fluid called formula, fed through a bottle with a nipple similar to that of a breast. Public health experts recommend breastfeeding where possible, because the mother’s milk provides…
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Bottle-fed
Referring to a baby which is fed from a bottle.
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Born
To begin to live outside the mother’s uterus.
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Bordetella
A bacterium of the family Brucellaceae. One of the parvobacteria, the genus Bordetella has only one species, Bord. pertussis, the causative organism of whooping cough. The small Gram-negative organisms are cultivable on special media such as those of Lacey, Bordet – Gengou or charcoal agar, giving small pearly colonies after 2 -3 days’ incubation. Freshly…
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Borax
A white powder used as a household cleaner and disinfectant. A mild astringent with a weak antiseptic action, applied externally to skin and mucous membranes. Borax and boric acid are used in mouth and nasal washes, gargles, eye lotions and contact-lens solutions, and in dusting powder. Side effects from external application are rare; most reported…
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Boracic acid
A soluble white powder used as a general disinfectant.
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Bony labyrinth
A hard part of the temporal bone surrounding the membranous labyrinth in the inner ear.
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Bonney’s blue
A blue dye used as a disinfectant [After William Francis Victor Bonney (1872-1953), British gynaecologist].
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