Category: B

A benign tumor composed of fibrous and epithelial elements.  

The measurement of hydrogen in the breath after ingestion of 50 g of lactase.  

A test that may be used to detect a specific substance in the breath to help explain metabolic changes. Breath tests are used, for example, to detect evidence of bacterial overgrowth in the intestines, to investigate the causes of malabsorption, to detect Helicobacter pylori in the stomach, and to estimate alcohol in the tissues, due…

A benign condition that always has its onset with crying. The young child stops breathing and becomes cyanotic, the limbs become rigid and extended, and consciousness may be lost. This is followed by the body becoming limp, resumption of respirations and, after a few seconds, full alertness. This pattern of behavior usually disappears spontaneously prior…

The release by inspiration of a substance to a patient. Breath-actuated inhalers are used in respiratory medicine to increase the probability that a patient will deliver a dose of inhaled medication to the lungs when the airway is open.  

Transient episodes of pain that occur in patients with chronic pain that has been previously reduced to tolerable levels. The term is often used to describe painful episodes that disrupt the well-being of cancer or hospice patients who have been prescribed regular doses of narcotic analgesics. The painful episodes may occur as a previous dose…

Any disease that occurs in spite of adequate vaccination to prevent it, (e.g., “breakthrough varicella” or “breakthrough varicella” or “breakthrough influenza”)  

In orthodontics, a device to apply tension or force to a facebow.  

The disruption of a chromosome (e.g., by radiation or toxic chemicals). When this occurs, the two fragments may rejoin or a fragment may rejoin another broken chromosome. Unrepaired chromosome breaks are associated with many malignant and premalignant conditions.  

In orthopedics, a fracture.