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B
= bursa-dependent (lymphocytes)
/ BA
= breathing apparatus (OSH)
/ BAA
=
Bauchaortenaneurysma,
see AAA
/ BAAR
= bacille acido-acoolo-résistant
see
AFB
/ baardschurft =
barber's itch; sycosis barbae (derm.)
/ baarmoeder
=
uterus; womb (gyn.)
/ baarmoedermyoom
= (uterine)
fibroid; leiomyoma uteri (gyn.)
/ BAB
= "born after the
ban" (cattle, BSE)
(vet.)
/ bactériopause
see
PAE
/ Badewannen-Hörverlust = cookie bite
hearing loss; U-shaped
hearing loss; (much rarer) pool hearing loss; soup
plate hearing loss
(MF, can still hear HF & LF sounds) / badigeonner
= to
paint (e.g. throat with
antiseptic) / BAF = biopsie à
l’aiguille
fine see FNA
/ Bagassose
=
bagassosis (rmed.)
/ baguette = rod (colostomy) / bajonetfractuur
= Colles' fracture;
silver fork fracture / bakterienzüruckhaltend
=
bacteriostatic / BAL
=
1. British antilewisite;
dimercaprol; 2.
bronchoalveolar
lavage, see
lavage
/ balayer
= to scan / Balggeschwulst
= atheroma / Balkanfieber
= Q-fever /
Balkenblase
= trabeculated bladder /
Ballaststoffe
= dietary fibre / ballonnements = bloating (gastr.)
/
sonde à ballonnet
=
balloon catheter, see also
balloon
pump
/ ballonisation valvaire
= floppy valve syndrome; mitral valve
prolapse syndrome (card.)
/ lâcher de ballons
(lâcher
is a noun) = multiple pulmonary
nodules; multiple nodular lesions;
multiple pulmonary opacities. The
image is of a bunch of balloons
being
released, i.e. the nodules are scattered. If smaller than 1 cm, often
indicates infection, if larger than 1 cm, a neoplasm (rmed/rad.)
/
Ballonsonde
see
ballonet
and balloon
pump
/ balloon
pump: "A
catheter with a
sausage-shaped balloon is passed through a femoral artery to the
descending aorta. The balloon is rapidly inflated during diastole, thus
raising the pressure with which the coronary arteries are perfused and
so increasing coronary blood flow and myocardial oxygenation. The
balloon is suddenly deflated immediately before systole, so reducing
the cardiac afterload, increasing the stroke volume and ejection
fraction, and decreasing the tension in the myocardial wall and
myocardial oxygen consumption. Balloon
pumping has been shown
to improve the haemodynamic performance in a wide variety of conditions
in which cardiac function is impaired." (source:
BMJ
/ ballonnements = bloating (gastroent.)
/ BALT
= bronchial-associated lymphoid tissue / balzak
= scrotum / BAM
see BfArM
/ BAN
= British
Approved Name (pharm.)
(BANs were superseded 2004 by
rINNs)
/ bandelette = (surgical) tape / bandelettes
= striae (muscle e.g.)
/
bandelette
réactive; bandelette de test = (urine)
test strip / bandförmig
(lung
opacities) = linear; "lines" (rad./rmed.)
/ bandoulière
= shoulder harness (e.g. for
patient to carry oxygen bottle in)
(rmed.)
/ Bandscheibe
= intervertebral disc / Bandscheibe
der Lendenwirbelsäule =
lumbar disc / Bandscheibenvorfall
= hernia (prolapse) of intervertebral disc; herniated (prolapsed)
disc;"slipped disc" / Bandwurm
= tapeworm; cestode worm / Bang;
Bang'sche Krankheit; Bangseuche
= brucellosis; undulant fever / BApO
= Bundes-apothekerordnung = Federal Pharmacists Order (DE) /
loge de Baréty
= right paratracheal region (also
area
or
space: NB expressions like "Baréty's space" or "compartment"
are only seen in translations; they are not real medical English)
/
sonde barrette
= array probe (instr.)
/
baryte
= barium sulphate (contrast
medium) / repas
baryté =
barium meal / bas de
contention = support
stockings /
Basaliom; basalioom
= basal cell carcinoma; basilioma / Basalmembran =
basement membrane / bascule
= tipping
(movement of joints)
/ à bascule
= side-shifting (pain,
esp. migraine) / Basenüberschuß
= base excess (rmed.)
/ bas-fond
= fundus / basilaire
= basilar / basilique
= basal / Basisleiden = underlying condition /
Basistherapeutika
see
DMARDs
/ Basistherapie
= disease-modifying
therapy; second-line therapy (treating
cause not just symptoms)
/
carcinome basocellulaire
= basal cell carcinoma
/ BASP
= (European) Bureau
for Action on Smoking Prevention / bassin
= (bony)
pelvis
/ bassinet
= 1. renal pelvis; 2. neck (gallbladder)
/ BAT = 1. bas antithrombose =
compression
stocking; 2. Biologische
Arbeitsstofftoleranzwert / bâtonnet
= rod (cells) (ophth.)
/ BAU =
1. bioequivalency allergy
units / 2. Bundesanstalt
für Arbeitsschutz und
Unfallforschung (D)
/ BAuA
= Bundesanstalt
für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (D)
see
FIOSH
/ Bauchbruch
= uterine hernia; hysterocele / Bauchdecke
= abdominal wall / Bauchdeckenreflex
= abdominal reflex /
reflektorische Bauchdeckenspannung
= reflex abdominal rigidity
/ Bauchfell
= peritoneum / Bauchhöhle
= abdominal
cavity / Bauchhöhlenschwangerschaft
= abdominal pregnancy (type
of ectopic pregnancy or extrauterine pregnancy)
/ Bauchschnitt
= abdominal section; laparotomy / Bauchspeicheldrüse
= pancreas
/ Bauchtyphus
= typhoid; typhoid fever; typhus abdominalis, see
typhoid;
typhus / Bauchwassersucht
= ascites / Baumwollstaubpneumokoniose
see Byssinose
/ BAV = bloc
auriculo-ventriculaire =
atrioventricular block; AV block (card.)
/ BB see
Blutbild
/ BBD
= bloc de branche droite = right
bundle
branch block (card.)
/ BBG =
bloc de branche gauche
= left bundle-branch block (card.)
/ BCG = 1.
bacille
Calmette-Guérin (tuberculosis
vaccination); 2.
ballistocardiography (-gram) / BCO
= bronchopheumopathies
chroniques obstructives =
chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) / bd
(bis in diem) = twice daily / BDB =
Biopanning Data Bank
(China, formerly
MimoDB)(biochem.)
/
BDC = bruits du coeur
= heart sounds /
bDNA
=
branched DNA; branched-chain DNA (test)
/
BDP
= bilateral diaphragm paralysis (rmed.)
/ BE =
1. base excess (blood values);
2. Broteinheit
= bread
exchange; bread unit (= 12g of
carbohydrate, used esp. in diabetic
nutrition) / beach
chair position (anaesth.)
/ beademing
= ventilation (rmed.)
/ béance du col
utérin =
incompetent cervix (gyn.)
/ Beanspruchungssituation =
exposure (OSH/tox.)
/ Beanspruchungsreaktionen =
stress
response; exposure response (tox.)
/ bec de lièvre
=
harelip / "bécasse"
= angled Debakey
clamp / Becken
= 1. (bony)
pelvis; grosser Becken = false pelvis; greater
pelvis; greater
pelvic cavity / kleiner Becken = true pelvis;
lesser pelvis; lesser
pelvic cavity; 2. renal pelvis / Beckenboden
= pelvic floor / Bedarfs- und
Notfalltherapie = relief and
emergency
treatment (asthma)
/ bedwants
= bedbug (Cimicidae)
/
funktionelle Beeinträchtigung
= functional impairment / been
= tine (of
forceps)
/ beenafbraak
=
osteomyelitis; (acute) osteitis; caries / beenderbroosheid
=
osteoporosis; "brittle bones" / beendermerg
= medulla; bone
marrow / beenderziekten
= diseases of bone / beeneter
see
beenafbraak / beenontsteking
= ostitis / beenvlies
= periosteum / Befall
= infestation (lice e.g.)
/ ...
nicht befallen =
no involvement of the... (lymph
nodes e.g.
in cancer) / Befeuchterfieber,
Befeuchterlunge =
humidifier fever (exogenous
allergic alveolitis) /
Befindlichkeit
= subjective wellbeing / BEG
= bon état
général see
GGC
/ begleitend = attendant
(symptoms e.g.) / Behindertenbegleithund
= disability assistance dog
/ Beihoden
= paradidymis / venöse Beimischung
= venous admixture (rmed.)
/ BEIR
= (Committee on the) Biological Effects of Ionizing
Radiation (USA:
NRC)
/ Beischlaf
= coitus; sexual intercourse / BEJ = besoin
énergétique journalier, see
DER 2.
/ bekken
see Becken
/ bekijken
= visualise; inspect (via an
endoscope e.g.) / Belag
=
deposit; coating; layer (see
also belegt); (dental) plaque / belastbare
klinische
Kriterien = robust clinical evidence / Belastbarkeit
= tolerance / Belastung =
exposure (level), body burden (of
pollutant); stress (level) (physical
force) / belegt
= 1. coated; furred (tongue);
2. husky (voice)
/
Belegzellen
= parietal cells; acid cells; border cells / beliebige
Verteilung = random distribution (rad./rmed.)
/ BELLE
=
biological effects of low-level exposures (USA:
group at Univ. of Massachusetts)
/ belroos
= erysipelas;
St. Anthony's fire / Belüftung
= ventilation (rmed.)
/ Belüftungsstörung
= ventilation abnormality (rmed.)
/ Belüftungsungleichheiten
= uneven distribution of ventilation (rmed.)
/ beluisteren
= auscultate / BEM
= 1. basal Eagle's medium (microbiol.);
2. biological effect monitoring (tox.)
/ benauwdheid
=
constriction; narrowing; stenosis (airway,
blood vessel) / benommen = drowsy,
somnolent, light-headed,
dazed, "woozy"/ Beobachtungsabstand
= viewing distance (operator to
VDU) / béquilles
=
crutches / BERA
= brain stem evoked response audiometry / berg
= cradle cap; crusta lactea (see
also dauwworm)
/ Bergarbeiterpneumokoniose
= coal worker's pneumoconiosis
(CWP); coal miner's pneumoconiosis (rmed.)
/ berge = (tumour) margin / bergziekte
= mountain sickness; altitude sickness / berkentakje
= spider vein, see
notes under Varix
/ beroerte
= stroke (cerebral, apoplectic) / Berufsanamnese
see
Arbeitsanamnese
/ Beruhigungsmittel
= tranquillizer (pharm.)
/ Berylliose
= berylliosis (rmed.)
/ ventre en besace =
pendulous
abdomen / Beschäftigungstherapie
= occupational therapy / beschermhuls
= "flue" (casing
of surgical probe) / beschermplaatje
=
backstop (e.g. pyrex
rod or soaked sponge, gauze pad, absorbs heat)
(laser
surgery) / beschneiden
=
circumcise / Besenreiser
= spider veins, see notes under
Varix
/ beslagen
tong see
belegt
1.
/ besmettelijk
= infectious;
contagious / besnijdenis
= circumcision / Betäubung
=
anaesthesia / unter Beteiligung
von... = with involvement of...
/ Betriebsmedizin
(D):
2 years' study following 4
years for Arbeitsmedizin / Betriebsstoffwechsel
= energy metabolism / "Bettente"
= urine bottle / "bettflüchtig" = of
person who "wanders in
the night", i.e. won't stay in bed (child, dementia patient)
/ Bettwanze
see bedwants
/ Beugeseite
= flexor side (of limb)
/ Beulenkrankheit
= cutaneous leishmaniasis; oriental boil (by
Leishmania tropica) / Beulenpest
= (bubonic) plague; (historical)
the "Black Death" / Beurteiler
= reader, observer (of
radiograph, test) / bevalling
= delivery; parturition;
childbirth / Beweglichkeit
= motility (microbiol.
/ Bewegungsapparat
= musculoskeletal system /
Bewegungsgips
see
attelle
plâtrée
articulée /
Bewegungsschiene
see
CPM
/ bezinksel
= (urinary e.g.)
sediment / BfArM =
Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel (und
Medizinprodukte) (D)
= Federal
Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices / BGA
= Blutgasanalyse
= blood gas analysis (rmed.)
/ BGD = bedrijfsgezondheid
= occupational health / BGLB
= brilliant green lactose bile
broth (microbiol.)
/ BGZ
= bedrijfsgezondheidszorg
= occupational safety and health; ocupational health care / BHA
=
bruits hydroaériques = bowel sounds; BHA+
= bowel sounds
present (or heard) (gastr.) / BHK
= baby
hamster
kidney (culture; microbiol.)
/ BHM
=
Brustherzmassage = cardiac
massage / BHR
= bronchiale hyperreactiviteit;
bronchiale
Hyperreagibilität
= 1. bronchial hyperreactivity (pharm.
usage, response to specific
pharmacological agents); 2.
bronchial hyperresponsiveness (more
general term denoting response in terms of e.g. lung volume changes)
(though NB
distinction is blurred; see also
HRBS)
/ BIA =
Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut für Arbeitssicherheit (D)
=
Institute for Occupational Safety / BIBR = bonne
intensité
bon relâchement (obst. unconfirmed) / BIBRA
= British Industrial Biological Research Association / b.i.d.
=
bis in die
= twice a day / Biegeschwingemethode
=
oscillatory method (rmed.)
/ maladie de
Biermer
(adjective
biermérien)
= pernicious anaemia / biest
= colostrum (gyn./obst.)
/ Bifurkationsprothese = bifurcation
endoprosthesis; "trouser graft"
(treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms) / bigemini
(ECG)
/ bijbal =
epididymis /
bijgeruis = (see
notes)
adventitious breath sound; adventitious lung sound (rmed.)
/ bijnier
= adrenal gland; epinephros / bijniermerg
= adrenal medulla / bijnierschors
= adrenal cortex / bijschildklier
= parathyroid gland / bijwerking
= side-effect / bijziendheid
= near-sightedness;
short-sightedness; myopia / bilan
biologique sérique =
blood
tests / bilan
hématologique =
haematology screen (group of
tests) / bilan de morts; nombre de morts
= death toll
(epidem.) /
bilan sanguin
= "bloods" (colloquial)
/ bilan
de santé = health
check; check-up / Bildgebung
= (medical)
imaging / indice biliaire
plasmatique = plasma bile index
/ billot
= bridge (if part of an
operating
table,
otherwise
one of various accessories which raise or support the
patient's body on the operating table, e.g. sandbag, chest roll,
foam wedge / billot
lombaire = kidney
bridge (operating table)
/ bilnaad
= perineum / bilobé
= bilobate / bilspier
= gluteus muscle / grote bilspier
=
musculus gluteus maximus / Bindegewebe
= connective tissue / Bindehaut
= conjunctiva (eye)
/ bindvlies
see Bindehaut
/ los bindweefsel
= losse connective tissue; hard bindeweefsel
= hard connective tissue; vezelrijk bindeweefsel
= dense
connective tissue / Binet-Simon
test = see
Simon
Task
/ binoculaire = binocular (); bilateral (defects of vision in
both eyes) / "Bioethics
Convention" (Council
of
Europe: full title: "Convention on Human Rights and Bioethics")
/ "biofidelic"
(of e.g. crash dummy in road
tests = true to the human body)
/ biogen
= biogenic / biologie
= 1. biology; 2. (laboratory) tests,
analysis / biologie
délocalisée
see
POCT
/ test
biologique
see
biologie
2. / biologische
beschikbaarheid =
bioavailability / biométrologie
= biological monitoring; biomonitoring (of
toxicants in body fluids
e.g.) / biopannage = biopanning (biochem.,
term by analogy
with panning for gold) / biopsie par aspiration
=
vacuum-assisted
core biopsy / biopsie conique; biopsie de cône
=
cone biopsy
/ biopsie par forage = core biopsy (needle
or probe) / biopsie par
forage sous guidage stéréotaxique =
stereotactic
core needle biopsy / biopsie au trocart = core
needle biopsy / biopt
(pl.
biopten);
Bioptat =
biopsy (the sample);
biopsy specimen / Biot'sche
Atmung
= Biot's respiration; Biot's breathing (rmed.)
/ birthmark
see
haemangioma;
naevus
/ plaie en biseau
= bevelled wound (where skin is
penetrated
at an
angle; one margin of the wound is bevelled and the other margin
overhangs it. In forensic medicine, this may be called a "tangential
gunshot wound")
/ bistouri
= scalpel (surg.)
/ bistouri
électrique =
electrocautery knife / bistouri
froid =
cold knife / bitterzout
= Epsom salt (magnesium
sulphate, laxative) / BIU = 1. balle
intrautérine see IUB;
2. bonne involution utérine =
good uterine
retraction; involution (obst. unconfirmed)
/ BIV
=
bovine immunodeficiency virus (vet.)
/ bivetellin
=
dizygotic (twin)
/ BK = bacille de Koch
= Koch's
bacillus; preferred term
is MTB
/ blaar
= bulla; blister; bleb / blaasspiegel
= cytoscope / blaaswormpje
= bladder worm; cysticercus (tapeworm)
/
blackwater fever
= haemolytic malaria / bladelektrode
=
blade electrode / "blanchi" =
in remission (psoriasis)
/ blarenkoorts
= pemphigus / Bläschenatmung
= vesicular
breathing / Blase
= 1. (urinary) bladder; 2. foetal membranes;
3. bulla (emphysematous)
/ Blasenmole
= hydatidiform
mole / Blasensprung
= rupture of the foetal membranes;
"breaking of the waters" (gyn./obst.)
/ Blasensucht see
blarenkoorts / Blatt
= folium; leaflet; cell layer (gen.
anat.) / Blättchen
(blood)
see
Plättchen
/ Blattern
= smallpox; variola
(major) / Blausucht;
Blauverfärbung
= cyanosis / blauwzucht
see
Blausucht
/ bleb
= bleb (small bulla in emphysema)
/ bleekzucht
= iron
deficiency anaemia; chlorosis / Bleibelastung
= lead burden,
exposure / Bleichsucht
see
bleekzucht
/ bleihaltiger
Schwebestaub = lead aerosol(s) /
Bleisaumen = "lead line" (at
edge of gums, symptomatic of lead poisoning
/ Bleispiegel =
lead level / maladie bleue
= blue baby syndrome / Blickfeld
= visual field; field of vision / Blinddarm
= caecum (NB
"appendix" is not medically correct; in
appendicitis it is the vermiform appendix of the caecum, not the caecum
itself, which is inflamed) / blindedarm
see
Blinddarm
/ blinder
Fleck =
blind spot; punctum caecum (ophth.)
/
blinde vlek
see
blinder
Fleck
/ Blindsack
=
diverticulum / bloc de branche
= bundle branch block (card.)
/ bloc opératoire
= operating suite (hospital)
/ blocage
=
1. fixation (maxillof.); 2. freezing;
akinetic episode (Parkinson's)
/ Block
= block (card.)
/ Blödsinn
= dementia / bloedarmoede
= anaemia / bloedbeeld
see
Blutbild
/ bloedbezinkingssnelheid
see
BSE 1.
/ bloedbraken
= haematemesis / bloederziekte
= haematophilia / bloedkanker
= leukaemia / bloedlichaampje
= blood cell; blood corpuscle / zeer bloedrijk
= highly
vascular; richly supplied with blood vessels / bloedstolling
=
coagulation / bloedstolsel
= blood clot; thrombus / bloedvergifting
= sepsis; blood poisoning /
bloedverwantschap =
consanguinity / bloedvin
see
haemangioma
/ bloedvormend
=
haematopoietic; blood-forming / bloedwei
= blood serum / bloedzuiker
= glucose / blood
clot:
ante-mortem a clot is strictly
speaking a "thrombus". Thrombi are
dry, friable, grey in colour, attached
to a
blood vessel and containing lines of Zahn. Post-mortem both "clot" and
thrombus" are used. Post-mortem clots are elastic, not attached and
with no
lines of Zahn. Due to the difference in blood sedimentation rate, they
may
comprise a yellowish upper layer of plasma ("chicken fat clots"), a
middle
layer of white cells and a lower dark purple-red layer rich in red
cells
(cruor, or "currant jelly clots").
/ blood
count:
calculation of the cellular
make-up of a volume of
blood, usually 1 cubic millimetre. A
standard
blood count ("blood
count without diff")
counts the
red and white cells macroscopically, whilst a
full
blood count (synonyms
complete
blood count or haemogram)
includes
differential analysis of the white cells, breaking them
down into the 5 different types (neutrophils, lymphocytes,
monocytes, eosinophils and basophils). The FBC/CBC typically measures: WBC,
WBC differential count, RBC,
Hb,
Hct,
MCV
2., MCH,
MCHC,
RDW,
PLTC
and
MPV.
/ hypertension de la blouse
blanche = white coat
hypertension; white coat syndrome (patient's
blood pressure rises in e.g. a medical consultation, due to anxiety)
/ BLU
see
BT
/ Blutader
= vein / Blutarmut
see bloedarmoede
/ Blutaustritt
= seepage (from blood
vessel e.g.) / Blutbahn
= bloodstream / Blutbild
see
blood
count
/ großes Blutbild
see
full
blood
count / kleines Blutbild see
standard
blood count
/ blutbildend
see
bloedvormend
/ Blutegel
= leech / Bluterkrankheit
see
bloederziekte
/ Blutfarbstoß
= haemoglobin; blood pigment /
Blutgase = blood gases (rmed.)
/ Blutgerinnsel
= blood clot; thrombus / blutgerinnungshemmend;
Blutgerinnungshemmer =
anticoagulant (adj. & n.)
/ Blutkalkspiegel
= blood calcium (level) / Blutkonserve
= stored blood (for
transfusion) / Operation in
Blutleere
= bloodless operation; bloodless surgery; bloodless
surgical
procedure / Blutschwammgewächs see
haemangioma
/ blutstillend
= haemostatic / Blutstillstift
=
haemostyptic pencil / Blutungsbereitschaft
= haemorrhagic
diathesis / Blutvergiftung
see bloedvergifting
/ Blutverwandschaft
see bloedverwantschap
/ auf dem Blutweg
= via the
bloodstream / Blutzucker
see
bloedzuiker
/ BM =
1. basal metabolism; 2. biological monitoring /
BMA = British
Medical Association (NB
this is the doctors' "trade union", not
the regulatory body for the profession, which is the GMC, or General
Medical Council) /
BMD
= bone mineral density / BMG
= Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
=
Federal Ministry of Health (D)
/
BMI
= body mass index (weight in kg
divided by height in metres squared:
below 20=underweight; 20-25=ideal; 25-30=overweight; above 30=obese)
/ BMJ
= British Medical Journal / BMR
= 1. basal metabolic rate
(measured
as kcal expended per
hour and m2
body surface); 2. bof,
mazelen, rodehond
see
MMR
/ BMS
= bare metal
stent (card.)
/ BMT
= bone
marrow transplant / BMWP
= Biological Monitoring
Working Party (UK)
/ BNF
= British National Formulary (pharm.)
/ BNS
=
Blitz-Nick-Salaam-Krämpfe
= infantile spasms (preferred
term); West syndrome; nodding
convulsions;
eclampsia nutans
(neurol.)
/ Bodensatz
= sediment / boezem
= atrium (heart)
/ boezemfibrilleren
= atrial fibrillation / boezemmyocardium
= atrial myocardium /
bof
= mumps / bogenförmig
= curvilinear / Bogengänge
= semicircular canals (ear)
/ Bogenlinien =
curvilinear
lines (rad./rmed.)
/ boîte
crânienne = brain case
/ bolelektrode =
(roller) ball electrode (surg.)
/ Bolustod =
death by
choking / BOOP
= bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia;
cryptogenic organising pneumonia (rmed.)
/ boorwater
=
boracic acid; boric acid (germicide)
/ bord cardiaque
=
cardiac border (rad.)
/ Borg
scale of perceived
exertion: (ratings originally
from 6-20, now modified: "7 = very,
very light; 9 = very light; 11 = fairly light; 13 = somewhat hard; 15 =
hard; 17 = very hard; 19 = very, very hard")
/ borstbeen
=
sternum; breastbone / borstkas
= thorax; thoracic cage / borstlymfbuis
= thoracic duct; ductus thoracicus / borstvlies
= pleura / bösartig
= malignant (tumour)
/ bosselure
= haustrum; sacculation
(colon e.g.)
/ bot
= bone / main bot
= clubhand
/ pied bot =
clubfoot; pes varus / Botenstoff
= neurotransmitter
/ Botox
=
botulinum toxin therapy /
botte
plâtrée =
walking
cast / bouchon
= plug (of matter e.g.)
/ bouffée
de chaleur
= hot flush (gyn.)
/
bouffée
épidémique = outbreak / bouffisure
= puffiness / bougie
= bougie (instrument)
/ bougie
de Hegar = Hegar's dilator / bouillon
= broth (culture
medium)
(microbiol.)
/ boule coagulante
= ball electrode (coagulation)
/ boulimie
= bulimia / bourbillon
= core (of boil e.g.)
/ bourdonnement
= tinnitus;
ringing in the ears / bourgeon
= papule; "pimple" / bourgeonnant
= papular / bourgeonnement
= budding (reproduction of
yeasts
e.g.); granulation (wound
tissue) / bourgeons
du goût
= tastebuds; caliculi gustatorii / bourrelet
= cuff (inflatable,
as in sphygmomanometer); mask (permanently
inflated, as in
anaesthesia mask) / bourrelet
de graisse péricardiaque =
pericardial fat pad / bourse
= 1. bursa; 2. purse-string (suture)
/ bourses
=
scrotum / "bouton de
fièvre"
= coldsore; herpes simplex / boutonné
= buttoned; olive-tipped (e.g.
bougie) / fièvre
boutonneuse = boutonneuse fever
/ bovenbuik
= epigastrium; regio epigastrica / bovenkaak
= upper jaw;
maxilla / BP
= 1. British Pharmacopaeia; 2. binding protein / BPC
=
bronchopathies
chroniques = chronic bronchial
disease / BPCO = bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive,
see COPD
/
BPD =
borderline personality disorder (psych.) / BPE
=
basic periodontal examination / BPH
=
benign
prostatic hyperplasia / bpm
= beats per minute (card.)
/
BPO
=
bronchopathies obstructives =
obstructive
bronchial disease / BPP = benign positional vertigo
see BPPV / BPPV = benign
paroxysmal positional
vertigo; "positional dizziness" / BPS =
Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung,
see BPD / BR
= bunte
Reihe, see
API
(microbiol.)
/ braakmiddel
= emetic / braaksel =
vomit / Bracherium
see
Bruchband
/
bradycardisant
= bradycardic (card.)
/ braken
=
vomit / brancard =
stretcher / brancher
à l'aspiration = to
place on suction / Brand
= gangrene / Braunnesseln
= urticaria pigmentosa / BRBPR
= bright red blood per rectum / BrdU
= bromodeoxyuridine / Brechdurchfall
= gastroenteritis / thorax
en bréchet
= pigeon chest; pigeon breast
/ Brechmittel
= emetic / Brechreiz
= nausea / breedspectrumantibioticum
= broad-spectrum antiobiotic (pharm.)
/ breitbasig aufsitzend
= sessile (polyp)
/ Bremse
= 1.
horsefly; gadfly; tabanid; 2. see
Bremsvorrichtung
/ Bremsstrahlung
= bremsstrahlung (rad.)
/ Bremsvorrichtung
=
friction
device (prostheses)
/ Brennen
= stinging (sensation)
/ Brennwert = energy (food labelling)
/ breuk
see
Bruch
/ breukband
see
Bruchband
/ breukpoort
= defect; opening (in
abdominal wall) (hernia)
/ bride cutanée =
contracture (scar e.g.)
/ bride mongolique
= prominent
epicanthal folds (Down syndrome)
/ brilhematoom;
Brillenhämatom
= bilateral periorbital haematoma; "raccoon eyes"; two black eyes, see
also Monokelhämatom
/ simple brin,
double
brin
= single-stranded, double-stranded (DNA,
RNA)
/ British
Cardiac Society
/ British Committee for
Mutagenicity Testing / broche
de
Kirschner = Kirschner wire (orth.)
/ brocher
= to
pin (fracture)
/ bröckelhaltig = spiculated (bone
marrow aspirate e.g.) / bröckelig
= friable (blood
clots, e.g.) / broiement
see
broyer
/ bromsulfaleine
sodique see
BSP
/ bromsulfonephthaléine
see
BSP
/ bromvlieg
= bluebottle; blow fly (Calliphora)
/ bronchiaaltoilet
= bronchial toilet / Bronchialbaum
= bronchial tree / Bronchialkarzinom
= bronchial carcinoma / Bronchiektasien
= bronchiectasis / Bronchiolitis
= bronchiolitis / tonus
bronchomoteur
= airway tonus / bronchopathies
chroniques see
BPC
/
bronchopathies obstructives see
BPO
/ Bronchopneumopathien;
bronchopneumopathies =
respiratory disease; lung disease (blanket
term) /
bronchopneumopathies chroniques non-spécifiques =
chronic non-specific lung disesease (CNSLD); chronic non-specific
pulmonary disease (CNSPD) / bronchopneumopathies
obstructives
chroniques = chronic
obstructive lung disesease (COLD); chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) /
Bronchulus = bronchiole /
Bronzediabetes
= haemochromatosis; bronze diabetes; bronzed
diabetes /
broyer
=
crush; grind (tissues in cell
cultures) /
brucelles
= tweezers (surg.)
/ Bruch
= 1. fracture; 2.
hernia; "rupture" (inguinal
hernia) / Bruchband
= truss (for
inguinal hernia) / Brucheinklemmung
= strangulated hernia;
incarcerated hernia / Bruchrille
= bar
("tablet with a bisect bar;
quadrisect bar")
(pharm.)
/ Tablette mit Bruchrille
= scored tablet (pharm.)
/ Bruchsack
= hernial sac / Brücke
= pons (cerebelli); bridge of Variolus /
brug
see Brücke
/ bruit
(card.):
"A
bruit can be defined as an abnormal sound heard over an artery, related
to the cardiac cycle but unrelated to the respiratory cycle or to
muscle, joint or swallowing activity. Most bruits heard over the
cervical arteries are medium pitched and blowing in quality. Although
some are continuous throughout the cardiac cycle, most are heard
beginning in early or late systole."
/ bruit respiratoire
=
breath sound; lung sound, see
adventitious
breath sounds /
Brunst
= oestrus / Brustbein
see borstbeen
/ Brustdrüse
= mammary gland / Brustdrüsenentzündung
= mastitis / Brustfell
= pleura (collective);
parietal pleura
/ Brusthöhle
= chest cavity; thoracic cavity / Brustkorb
= thorax; thoracic
cage / Brustkorbschnitt
= thoractomy /
Brustwand
= chest wall / Brutschrank
= incubator (microbiol.)
/ BSA
= 1. blood serum agglutination; 2. body surface area / BSE
= 1. bezinkingssnelheid
van de erythrocyten
see
ESR;
BSE
= 2. bovine spongiform encephalopathy; "mad
cow disease" (vet.)
/ BSG =
Blutsenkungsgeschwindigkeit
= erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR); blood sedimentation rate (BSR)
/ BSLT =
bilateral sequential double lung transplant / BSO see
TAH
BSO / BSP
= 1. bromsulphalein; 2. British Society of
Periodontology / BSR
= blood sedimentation rate,
see
ESR
2. / BST
= bovine somatotropin (growth
promoter)
/ BT
= bluetongue; synonyms SA-MCF;
catarrhal fever of sheep; sore muzzle of sheep (viral
disease
affecting sheep and other ruminants)
(vet.)
/ BTPS
=
body temperature and pressure, saturated / BUBBLE
HE = breast,
uterus,
bladder,
bowel,
lochia,
episiotomy
- Homan's
sign, emotional
status (gyn/obst.
postpartum monitoring)
/ bubon
= bubo (plague
e.g.) / Bubonenpest
see
Beulenpest
/
buccal
= oral / par voie
buccale
= under the tongue; sublingually (pharm.)
/
Büffelnacken
= buffalo hump (Cushing's
syndrome)
/ buikholtezwangerschap
see
Bauchhöhlenschwangerschaft
/ buikloop
= diarrhoea / buikspeekselklier
see
Bauchspeicheldrüse
/ buikvlies
see
Bauchfell
/ buikwaterzucht
see
Bauchwassersucht
/ builenpest
see
Beulenpest
/ Bülau-Drain
= suction drain (surg./wounds)
/ bulbe rachidien
see
medulla
oblongata
/ bulleux =
bullous (rmed.)
/ bullös
=
bullous (rmed.)
/
BUN = blood urea nitrogen / Bundesamt
für Sera und Impfstoffe (D)
Federal
Agency for Sera and Vaccines / Bundesärztekammer
(D)
German
Medical Association / Bundesseuchengesetz
(D)
=
Federal Infectious Diseases Act
/ Bürstensaum =
brush border (kidney)
/ butée
=
(joint)
stop (orth.)
/ capture en butée = ureteroscopy, see
KIDNEY
STONES / BVV
see
BgVV
/ bw
= body weight / BW
= Bordet-Wassermann
= Wassermann (test,
reaction, for syphilis) / Byssinose
= byssinosis (rmed.)
/ Bz = Benzocain;
benzocaine (local anaesthetic) / BZ =
Blutzucker(-spiegel, -wert) = blood sugar; blood glucose
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Last updated: 23 September 2023
