Category: B

  • Build up

    To form gradually by being added to, or to form something in this way. A gradual process of being added to.  

  • Build

    The general size and shape of a person’s body.  

  • Buffered

    Prevented from becoming acid.  

  • Buffer action

    The balancing process between acid and alkali.  

  • 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.  

  • 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…

  • 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.  

  • Buccal fat

    A pad of fat separating the buccinator muscle from the masseter.  

  • Buccal cavity

    The mouth.  

  • Brufen

    A trade name for ibuprofen.