Category: B

A type of rod-shaped bacterium. Bacteriological genus within the family Brucellaceae, the Brucella are small Gram-negative cocco-bacilli associated with undulant fever in man, and contagious abortion in animals (particularly cows). The organisms are non-motile, non-sporing, and the species are differentiated culturally by their need for CO2, production of H2S, and inhibition by basic fuchsin and…

A condition in which the spinal cord has been partly severed or compressed, with the result that lower half of the body is paralysed on one side and loses felling in the other side [Described 1851. After Charles Edouard Brown-Sequard (1817-94), French physiologist.] Hemisection of the spinal cord with: paralysis, loss of position and vibratory…

A type of thin catheter used to insert into a vein.  

Referring to the bronchi and the trachea.  

An unusual constriction of the bronchial tubes.  

A procedure for measuring the volume of the lungs. A technique used to assess the efficiency of ventilation of a lung or of a segment of the lung. A catheter with an inflatable cuff is passed into the appropriate airway, through a bronchoscope, and the volume and rate of gas exchange is estimated.  

An instrument for measuring the volume of the lungs. An instrument for determining the volume of air inspired from one lung and for collecting air for analysis.  

The secretion of mucus by the bronchi.  

Referring to a bronchus and the pleura.  

An infection of the bronchi by a fungus. Any fungal infection of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, usually caused by fungi of the genus Candida. A type of bronchitis triggered by a fungus. It is also referred to as bronchomoniliasis.