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Board and care home
A residential treatment center in which the patients live in a hostel-like, supervised environment.
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Blue velvet
A slang expression pertaining to a mixture of paregoric, a tincture of opium, and tripelennamine (Pyribenzamine), an antihistamine.
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Blue shield
A theoretical nonprofit corporation that enjoys tax exempt status for the purpose of underwriting surgical and medical insurance coverage. The nonprofit medical (physician) care prepayment plan which was developed by and sponsored by physicians, and which originally was restricted to furnishing physician care. Many BS plans have linked with their counterpart Blue Cross (BC) plans,…
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Blue cross
A theoretical nonprofit corporation that enjoys tax exempt status for the purpose of underwriting hospital insurance coverage. The nonprofit hospital care prepayment plan which was developed and sponsored by hospitals, and which originally was restricted to furnishing hospital care. Many BC plans have linked with their counterpart Blue Shield (BS) plans, which are physician sponsored,…
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Blue baby
A baby born with a bluish coloration of the skin resulting from insufficient oxygen in the blood. A baby who has congenital cyanosis, born either with a congenital heart condition or with a collapsed lung, which prevents an adequate supply of oxygen reaching the tissues, giving the baby’s skin a slight blue colour (informal). Infant…
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B-love
According to Maslow, love characterized by an active concern for the well-being of another person.
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Bloody show
The mucus and blood that are discharged from the vagina when labor begins. In pregnancy, the bloody mucus that appears just before the onset of labor. For vaginal bleeding, often an early sign of labor.
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Blood volume expander
A synthetic solution administered intravenously to expand blood volume in the treatment of shock.
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Blood volume
The total quantity of blood in the body expressed in liters. The total amount of blood in the body.
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Blood type
One of the several groups into which all human blood can be categorized: A, B, AB, and O. The type and subtype of an individual’s blood; specified as A, B, AB, or O; Rh-negative or Rh-positive; and including a number of subtypes. It is important to determine the blood type when a woman is pregnant…
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