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Badnavirus
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D019195 |
[A genus of DNA plant viruses with bacilliform morphology. Transmission in clonally-propagated plants is by vegetative propagation of infected plant materials. Transmission in nature is by mealybugs, seeds, and pollen. The type species is Commelina yellow mottle virus.
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Bahamas
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D001444 |
[A chain of islands, cays, and reefs in the West Indies, lying southeast of Florida and north of Cuba. It is an independent state, called also the Commonwealth of the Bahamas or the Bahama Islands. The name likely represents the local name Guanahani, itself of uncertain origin. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p106 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p45)
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Bahrain
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D001445 |
[An independent state, an archipelago in the western Persian Gulf, northwest of Qatar. It comprises low-lying islands of Bahrain (the largest), Muharraq, Sitra, and several islets. It has extensive oil fields. The name comes from the Arabic al-bahrayn, "the two seas", with reference to its lying in the middle of a bay with its "two seas" east and west of it. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p107 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p45)
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Balaenoptera
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D050616 |
[A genus of WHALES in the family Balaenopteridae, consisting of five species: Blue Whale, Bryde's Whale, FIN WHALE, Sei Whale, and MINKE WHALE. They are distinguished by a relatively slender body, a compressed tail stock, and a pointed snout.
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Balamuthia mandrillaris
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D059611 |
[A species of free-living soil amoeba in the family Balamuthiidae, causing AMEBIASIS and a deadly form of ENCEPHALITIS in humans.
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Balanced Anesthesia
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D058126 |
[The use of several ANESTHETICS together in small amounts, as opposed to a larger amount of one drug, to induce loss of sensation and loss of consciousness.
, A historical term for a method of anesthesia that used a combination of preanesthetic medication for sedation, local nerve blocking anesthetic at the surgical site, and NITROUS OXIDE inhalation anesthesia.
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Balanites
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D032430 |
[A plant genus of the family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE. Feruloyltyramine, balanitoside (a furostanol glycoside), and cytostatic steroidal saponins have been found in this genus. B. aegyptiaca fruit water extract is traditionally used as an anthelmintic in the Sudan.
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Balanitis
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D001446 |
[Inflammation of the head of the PENIS, glans penis.
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Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans
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D052798 |
[An atrophic and sclerotic condition of the head of the PENIS, glans penis. Sometimes it leads to stenosis and occasionally obliteration of the external meatal orifice.
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Balanophoraceae
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D031111 |
[A plant genus of the family BALANOPHORACEAE which contains thonningianins (TANNINS).
, A plant family of the order Santalales, subclass Rosidae, class Magnoliopsida. They are root parasites lacking CHLOROPHYLL.
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Balantidiasis
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D001447 |
[Infection by parasites of the genus BALANTIDIUM. The presence of Balantidium in the LARGE INTESTINE leads to DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; and occasionally ULCER.
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Balantidium
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D001448 |
[A genus of protozoa parasitic in the digestive tract of vertebrate or invertebrate hosts. Asexual multiplication is accomplished by transverse binary fission. Its organisms are ovoidal in shape and have a ciliated covering over the entire body.
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Balkan Nephropathy
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D001449 |
[A form of chronic interstitial nephritis that is endemic to limited areas of BULGARIA, the former YUGOSLAVIA, and ROMANIA. It is characterized by a progressive shrinking of the KIDNEYS that is often associated with uroepithelial tumors.
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Balkan Peninsula
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D063368 |
[A peninsula in Southeast EUROPE between the Adriatic and Ionian seas on the West and Aegean and Black Seas on the East. (from www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balkan%20peninsula)
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Ballistocardiography
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D001450 |
[Technique of graphic representation of the movements of the body imparted by the ballistic forces (recoil and impact) associated with cardiac contraction and ejection of blood and with the deceleration of blood flow through the large blood vessels. These movements, quantitatively very minute, are translated by a pickup device (transducer) into an electrical potential which is suitably amplified and recorded on a conventional electrocardiograph or other recording machine.
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Balloon Embolectomy
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D063125 |
[The use of balloon CATHETERS to remove emboli by retraction of the balloon that is inflated behind the EMBOLUS.
, The use of a Fogarty catheter, a type of balloon catheter that was invented to perform an EMBOLECTOMY by pulling the embolism out of the blood vessel by retraction of the inflated balloon behind it.
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Balloon Enteroscopy
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D000071087 |
[An endoscopy of the small intestines accomplished while advancing the endoscope, which is assisted by one or two balloons
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Balloon Occlusion
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D021721 |
[Use of a balloon CATHETER to block the flow of blood through an artery or vein.
, The use of an inflatable sac to apply pressure in a lumen to stop the flow of blood or hemorrhage.
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Balloon Valvuloplasty
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D063126 |
[Widening of a stenosed HEART VALVE by the insertion of a balloon CATHETER into the valve and inflation of the balloon.
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Ballota
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D031329 |
[A plant genus of the family LAMIACEAE that contains phenylpropanoids.
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