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  • Binocular vision

    Ability to see with both eyes at the same time, which gives a stereoscopic effect and allows a person to judge distances. The ability to focus both eyes on an object at the same time, so that a person sees one image of the object he is looking at. It is not inborn, but acquired…

  • Binocular

    Relating to or involving the use of both eyes. Relating to both eyes. Binocular vision involves focusing on an object with both eyes simultaneously and is important in judging distance. Relating to both eyes, as in binocular vision, which is the combined vision produced by two eyes.  

  • Binet’s test

    An intelligence test for children [Originally described 1905 but later modified at Stanford University, California, USA. After Alfred Binet (1857-1911), French psychologist and physiologist.] Also known as the Binet-Simon Scale; the first intelligence test designed to measure intelligence and cognitive functions. It was created by Alfred Binet and Theodor Simon in 1905. The modern Stanford-Binet…

  • Binaural

    Using, or relating to, both ears.  

  • Bimanual

    Done with two hands, or needing both hands to be done. Using two hands to perform an activity, such as a gynecological examination.  

  • Billroth’s operations

    Surgical operations in which the lower part of the stomach is removed and the part of the stomach is removed and the part which is left is linked to the duodenum (Billroth J) or jejunum (Billroth II) [Described 1881. After Christian Albert Theodore Billroth (1829-94), Prussian surgeon.] A type of partial gastrectomy (surgical removal of…

  • Biliuria

    The presence of bile in the urine: a feature of certain forms of jaundice.  

  • Bilirubinaemia

    An excess of bilirubin in the blood.  

  • Biliary colic

    Pain in the abdomen caused by gallstones in the bile duct or by inflammation of the gall bladder. An opening which discharges bile on to the surface of the skin from the gall bladder, bile duct or liver. Severe, constant pain in the upper abdomen. Pain may radiate to the right shoulder and the back…

  • Bilharziasis

    A tropical disease caused by flukes in the intestine or bladder. A condition that results in the presence of blood in urine. It is also known as Bill Harris disease or schistosomiasis.  

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