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  • Brain contusion

    Cerebral contusion. A concussion refers to a brain injury that manifests as bruising of the brain accompanied by loss of consciousness. It occurs as a consequence of an injury, typically resulting from a blow to the head or a sudden jolt to the body. Concussions can vary in severity and may lead to a range…

  • Bradley method of childbirth

    Emphasizes marital communications, the couple’s sexual relationship, and parental roles.  

  • Brachioprotic eroticism

    An aspect of gay sexual behavior whereby one male inserts his hand and forearm into the anus of his partner.  

  • Brachial artery

    The artery of the arm that is a continuation of the axillary artery which, in turn, branches at the elbow into the radial and ulnar arteries. An artery running down the arm from the axillary artery to the elbow, where it divides into the radial and ulnar arteries. Main blood vessel bringing blood to the…

  • Brachial

    Pertaining to the arm above the elbow. Referring to the arm, especially the upper arm. Brachial means ‘belonging to the upper arm’. There are, for example, a brachial artery, and a brachial plexus of nerves through which run all the nerves to the arm. The brachial plexus lies along the outer side of the armpit,…

  • Bowman’s capsule

    The enlarged end of a kidney tubule in which a mass of thin-walled capillaries known as the glomerulus is located. The expanded end of a renal tubule, surrounding a glomerular tuft in the kidney, which filters plasma in order to reabsorb useful foodstuffs and eliminate waste. The capsule surrounding the glomerulus, the filtration unit of…

  • Bourdon gauge

    A pressure gauge calibrated to record the flow rate of a medical gas from a compressed cylinder. A low-pressure flow metering device.  

  • Boulevarism

    In management, negotiating tactic in which the company makes a final offer at an early stage and refuses to accept proposals that increase the cost of the offer.  

  • Bottom-up processes

    In language, the process of resolution of forms that start with the smaller units and builds to the larger units, e.g., words to sentences to paragraphs, top-down processes.  

  • Bottom-up approach

    In management, nonmanagerial jobs used as a basis for setting salaries for higher level positions.  

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