Category: B
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Build up
To form gradually by being added to, or to form something in this way. A gradual process of being added to.
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Build
The general size and shape of a person’s body.
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Buffered
Prevented from becoming acid.
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Buffer action
The balancing process between acid and alkali.
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Budesonide
A corticosteroid drug taken by inhalation or in tablets, used in the treatment of hay fever and nasal polyps. A glucocorticoid-like compound that acts as an anti-inflamatory drug.
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Budd-chiari syndrome
A disease of the liver, where thrombosis has occurred in the hepatic veins [Described 1845. After George Budd (1808-82), Professor of Medicine at King’s College Hospital, London; Hans von Chiari (1851-1916), Viennese pathologist who was Professor of Pathological Anatomy at Strasbourg and later at Prague.] A rare disorder in which the veins that drain blood…
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Buccinator
A cheek muscle which helps the jaw to move when chewing. A muscle of the cheek that has its origin in the maxilla and mandible (jaw ones). It is responsible for compressing the cheek and is important in mastication.
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Buccal fat
A pad of fat separating the buccinator muscle from the masseter.
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Buccal cavity
The mouth.
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Brufen
A trade name for ibuprofen.