BINOXALATE 



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BISMUTH 



moxalate (bin-oks / -al-at). A salt of oxalic acid 

 containing twice as much oxalic acid as a normal oxal- 

 ate. 



;k>blastic (bi-o-blast'-ik). Relating to bioblasts. B. 

 Theory, Altmann's, according to which leukocyte 

 lies are considered as definite biologic entities, 

 which affect through oxygen-transmission both reduc- 

 tion and oxygenation, and in this manner accomplish 

 the disunions and the syntheses of the economy without 

 sacrificing their own individuality. Cf. Color-analysis. 



;ioculate, Bioculatus (bi-ok'-u-lat, -us) [bis, twice; 

 oculus, an eye]. Marked by two spots of color differ- 

 ent from the chief color. 



;iod | bi'-od) [Jioc, life]. I. Animal magnetism. 2. 

 See Prolyl (Illus. Diet. ). 3. Vital force, 

 iodesmus (bi-od-ez'-mus) [iinc, life; deouoc, a bond]. 

 The vital principle regarded as a bond between or- 

 ganisms. 



iogen {bi'-o-jen) [3inr, life; yewav, to produce]. 1. 

 See Prolyl (Illus. Diet.). 2. See Bioplasm (Illus. 

 Diet.). 3. See Magnesium Djoxid. 

 iogenetic (bi-o-jen-et'-ik). Relating to biogenesis. 

 B. Law. See under Lars. 



iograph M'-o-graf) [hoc, life; -,pdo£cv, to write]. 

 An apparatus for securing photographs of animals in 

 motion. Syn., Kinematograph. 



iology. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Somiology ; Or- 

 ganomy : Organology : Zootomy. B., Dynamic. 

 See Bionomy i Illus. 'Diet.). B., Static. See Bio- 

 s (Illus. Diet. ). 



iiomagnetic (bi-o-mag-nrl'-ih) [3ioc, life ; fidyviK, 

 magnet]. Relating to animal magnetism. 



iiomantia (bi-o-man'-she-ah) [3ior, life; uavrha, 

 divination]. The pretended art of prophesying the 



j length of a person's life, from observation of pulse-rate 



! and other vital phenomena. 



hometer. 1 See Illus. Diet.) 2. An instrument of the 



! nature of a tuning-fork, invented by Dr. Collongues 

 for the reproduction and increase of sounds of the body 

 narily perceived by auscultation. 



>iome'.rics bi-o-met'-riks) [Sine, life; uirpov, meas- 

 ure]. The science of the body-sounds perceived by 

 auscultation. 



i'-on) [3tovv, to live]. A definite physiologic 



1 individual element or organism. Cf. Morphon (Illus. 

 Diet. ). 



Monomics (bi-o-no , -miks) [3ior, life; vouoc, law]. 

 That branch of natural history which treats of the 

 relations of organisms among themselves and to their 

 environment. 



•iontic [bi-on'-tik) [3tovv, to live]. Individual as op- 

 posed to phyletic. 



^ionuclein [bi-o-nu' '-kle-in) [ 3ior, life; nuclein\ A 

 term suggested by Sacharoff 11902) for the hypothetic 

 substance composed of a combination of iron and 

 nuclein which exists in all enzymes, holding that all 

 vital processes depend upon decomposition of living 



nice set up by them. 

 Uophagism, Biophagy [bi-ef'-af-ism, bi-of'-aj-e) 

 fe ; 6a] eh-, to eat]. The capacity of absorbing 

 living matter. 



iiophilia (bi-o-fi/'-e-aA) [lor, life; ot/.ln; to love]. 

 1 he instinct for self-preservation. 



iiophthorous (bi-of'-thor-us) [Hoc, life; oOopd, de- 

 struction]. Ruinous to life. 



iiophytum (bi-of -it-urn) [3ioc, life ; <j>irov, plant]. A 

 genus of plants of the order Geraniacece. B. sensiti- 

 vum, D. C, a native of the East Indies, where the root 

 B used in inflammations, in gonorrhea, and in pulmon- 

 ary aftections. 



! 'opsy, Biopsia. See Illus. Diet.) 2. A name coined 

 by Besnier for the excision during life of an eruptive 



lesion or fragment of a new-growth to establish the 

 diagnostic histology of a malady. 



Bios (bi'-os) [3:or, life]. The term applied by the 

 father of natural history, Aristotle, " to the whole world 

 of living" as opposed to the lifeless forms, the abion. 



Biosophia {bi-o-so / -/e-ah). Troxler's name for bionomy. 



Biostatistics (bi-o-stal-jY-tiAs) [810c, life; status, a 

 state]. Vital statistics. 



Biptics (hi-of-iks) [3k>tik6c, vital]. The science of 

 vital functions and manifestations. 



Bioxalate (bi-ohs'-al-at). See Binoxalate. 



Bipalatinoid (bi-pal-at f -in-oid). A gelatin capsule with 

 two compartments. 



Bipartition [bi-part-isli'-on) [bis, twice; pars, part]. 

 Separation into two parts. 



Biphorous [bi'-for-us). See Bif orate (Illus. Diet.). 



Biplumbic {bi-plum'-bik) [bis, twice ; plumbum, lead]. 

 Containing two atoms of lead. 



BipoCillated (bi-poP-il-a-ted) [bis, twice; poa'llum, a 

 little cup]. Having two cup-like appendages. 



Bipolarity (bi-po-lar'-it-e) [bis, twice ; polus, a pole]. 

 The condition of having two processes from opposite 

 poles, as a nerve-cell ; or of having different electric 

 properties existing at the two poles. 



Bipotassic (bi-po-tas'-ifc). Having two atoms of 

 potassium. 



Bipunctate (bi-fiuui'-tat) [bis, twice; punctum, a 

 point]. Having two dots or points. 



Bipupillate (bi-pu' -pil-at ) [bis, twice ; pupilla, pupil 

 of the eye]. Marked with spots which contain two 

 pupil-like dots. 



Biramose, Biramous {bi-ram'-bz, -us) [bis, twice; 

 ramus, a branch]. Having two branches. 



Birdpox {burd'-poks). A blastomycetic dermatitis of 

 birds. Syn., Gefliigelpocken ; Taubenpocken ; Pocken 

 dtr Tauben (Ger.). 



Birefractive (bi-re-frak'-tir) [bis, twice ; refrangere, 

 to break] . Doubly refractive. 



Birefringent {In-re-frin'-jent) [bis, twice; refringere, to 

 breakback]. Doubly refractive ; anisotropic. 



Birimose {bi-ri'-moz) [bis, twice; rima, a cleft]. 

 Having two clefts or slits. 



Birth. ^See Illus. Diet.) B., Cross-. See Presen- 

 tation, 7rans7erse (Illus. Diet.). B., Virgin-. See 

 Parthenogenesis (Illus. Diet.). 



Bi-salt (bi'-salt). See Skit, Acid (Illus. Diet.). 



Bische (bisA) [East Indian name]. Endemic dys- 

 entery. 



Biseptate {bi-sep'-tat) [bis, twice; septum, a hedge]. 

 Having two septums. 



Bisferious (bis-pe* '-re-us) [bis, twice ; ferire, to strike]. 

 Having two beats ; dicrotic. 



Bisilicate {bi-sil'-ik-dt). A silicate having twice the 

 amount of silicic acid that a normal silicate has. 



Bismal (biz'-mal). See Bismuth Methylenedigallate. 



Bismutal. Bismuthol \biz'-mu-lal, -thol). See Bis- 

 muth and Sodium Phosphosalicv'ate. 



Bismuth. (See Illus. Diet.) B. Acetate, Bi(C,H 3 - 

 2 > 3 , a white powder soluble in acetic acid. It loses 

 acetic acid when exposed. B. Albuminate, a light 

 gray or white powder containing g r r of bismuth ; it is 

 used in stomachic or intestinal cramp. Dose, 5—15 gr. 

 (0.32-0.97 gm. ) 3 or 4 times daily. B. Alginoid, a 

 compound of bismuth nitrate and sodium alginate ; a 

 yellow powder containing 32 r ' r of metallic bismuth. 

 B. Arsenate, Bi4( As,0 7 ) s , a white substance insoluble 

 in water. B. Benzoate, Bi( C.H.O., ) 3 .a white, tasteless 

 powder containing 27 f f of benzoic acid, soluble in min- 

 eral acids and insoluble in water. It is an internal and 

 external antiseptic. Dose, 5— 15 gr. (0.32-0.97 gm. ). 

 B. Bilactomonotannate, an odorless, tasteless, yel- 



• low powder, insoluble in water. It is used in diarrhea 



