Category: B

  • Botryomycosis

    A boil or furuncle, resembling an actinomycotic mass, but composed instead of bacteria, specifically Staphylococcus aureus.  

  • Botanical

    Relating to botany or plants.  

  • Boswellia

    A genus of trees found in the Middle East and India. The trees produce an oleoresin used in ayurvedic medicine as anti-inflammatory treatment for arthritis and asthma.  

  • Boston naming test

    A neuropsychiatric test to measure aphasia and naming ability. In the test the subject must name 60 line drawings of common and rarely seen objects. It is frequently used to assess patients with autism, brain injuries, or strokes.  

  • Boston brace

    A low-profile plastic thoracolumbosacral orthosis (spinal jacket) with no metal suprastructure, used to treat mild to moderate lower thoracic and lumbar scoliosis.  

  • Boston arm

    A myoelectric prosthesis for above-the-elbow amputations. The elbow is powered by a small battery driven motor, activated in proportion to the strength of contraction detected in the control muscle.  

  • Bossing

    Protuberance of the frontal areas of the skull.  

  • Bosselated

    Marked by numerous bosses.  

  • Borreliosis

    Any of several arthropod-borne diseases caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia.  

  • Borrelia lonestari

    The causative agent of Southern tick-associated rash illness.