Category: B
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Bovine tuberculosis
Tuberculosis that infects cattle and can be passed on to humans, typically through milk.
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Bed traction
A form of pulling force used for treatment where the patient must remain in bed.
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Brain surgery
Surgical procedures conducted inside the skull, also known as neurosurgery.
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Battle surgery
Surgery carried out in combat zones during wartime.
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Buccal surface
The section of a tooth’s crown closest to the cheek.
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Baker’s stigmas
Corns that develop on the back of the fingers due to kneading dough.
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Bottle sound
A sound akin to the one created by blowing over a bottle’s neck, observed when a stethoscope is positioned over a cavity in the lung.
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Bellows sound
A heart murmur resembling the sound of a bellows.
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Bell sound
A bell-like or ringing noise audible through the stethoscope when a coin is tapped atop a chest affected by pneumothorax.
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Bandbox sound
The echoing percussion noise produced in instances of emphysema.