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The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

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bacteriolytic

Medical; Medicine

Pertaining to lytic destruction of bacteria; manifesting the ability to cause dissolution of bacterial cells.

basic oxide

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A base anhydride; an oxide of an electropositive element or radical; it can combine with water to form a base.

barium hydroxide

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A caustic compound combined with calcium hydroxide in a carbon dioxide absorbent; used in anesthetic circuits.

Photobacterium phosphoreum

Medical; Medicine

A luminescent species found on dead fish and in sea water; it is the type species of the genus Photobacterium.

accessory process of lumbar vertebra

Medical; Medicine

A small apophysis at the posterior part of the base of the transverse process of each of the lumbar vertebrae.

Bacteroides bivius

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A species usually isolated from urogenital and abdominal infections and linked to pelvic inflammatory disease.

basedoid

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Rarely used term denoting a condition resembling Graves disease (Basedow disease), but without toxic symptoms.

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