Category: B

  • Barton bandage

    A double figure-of-eight bandage for the lower jaw.  

  • Back bandage

    Open bandage to the back; applied the same as a chest bandage, the point being placed above the scapula of the injured side.  

  • Band

    A cord or tapelike tissue that connects or holds structures together.  

  • Balsam of peru

    A dark brown, viscid, resinous liquid obtained from the bark of the tree Myroxylon perierae or M. balsamum.  

  • Balneology

    The science of baths and bathing.  

  • Balm of gilead

    Mecca balsam from Commiphora opobalsamum, probably biblical myrrh.  

  • Ballottable

    Capable of identification by ballottement.  

  • Balke test

    A test to determine maximum oxygen utilization. The subject walks on a flat (0% grade) treadmill at a constant rate of 3.5 miles/hr for 2 min. The treadmill is inclined 1% each successive minute until the subject is exhausted and unable to continue. Oxygen utilization is measured throughout the test.  

  • Balantidium coli

    A normal parasite of swine and the largest protozoan parasite of humans. It causes balantidiasis.  

  • Balanopreputial

    To the glans penis and prepuce.