Category: B

In dentistry, the shaping of impression material at the edges by the oral tissues.  

A n agent that intensifies normal immune responses. Examples include interferon, interleukin-2, and monoclonal antibodies.  

Inflammation of the meninges at the base of the brain, usually due to tuberculosis.  

Infection of the meninges with disease-causing and potentially life-threatening organisms, especially Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Listeria monocytogenes, among others.  

In the embryo, the membrane that separates the oral cavity from the foregut until the fourth week of development.  

A discipline within the field of complementary and alternative medicine that proposes to study subtle energy fields in and around the body for therapeutic purposes.  

A branch of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) that relies on the detection, measurement, and adjustment of electromagnetic energy within the body.  

Application of biomechanics to use of the body in daily life activities and to the prevention and correction of problems related to posture and lifting.  

A colloquial term used to denote hemorrhagic measles, i.e., measles in which there is bleeding into the rash.  

Abscess underneath insertion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle due to pus breaking through the mastoid tip.