BRANCH IOGENIC 



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BROM ATOTOX ICON 



Diet.). B. -wasting, Chronic, Crichton 

 Irowne's term for mental disturbance marked by con- 

 5S of memory, and inertia. B., Water on 

 he. Synonym of Hydrocephalus. 

 Emchiogenic, Branchiogenous (brangke-o-jen'-ik, 

 '-en-us) [3payx tfl > gdls; yevvav, to pro- 

 Formed from a branchial cleft. 

 Eind [AS. . brinnan, to burn], A disease of wheat and 



:her cereals due to the parasitic fungus Credo carbo. 

 Eisilein ybr a -zil'-e-in\. C I6 H, 2 5 — H 2 0. The red 

 oloring matter produced by the oxidation of brasilin. 

 ra., Brazilein. 

 Esssicon i bras' -ek-on). A proprietary local applica- 

 . for headache, said to consist of 2 gm. oil of pep- 

 oint, 6 gm. camphor, 4 gm. ether, 12 gm. alcohol, 

 drops mustard oil. 

 Essy-eye. See CAalkitis. 



:a. See Illus. Diet.) 2. A genus of plants of 

 e order K 

 E yerin \bra / -ver-in). See A'oussin, udder Br ay era 



[ilus. Diet. .' 

 E zil Wood. See Gesalpinia echinata. 

 E zileir -in). See Brasilein. 



I ad. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Bleeding, a bloody ap- 



Kin bread due to the presence of Bacillus 

 osus. B., Famine, bread made from other and 

 tritious substances than flour, as the sawdust of 

 nous woods like beech and birch mixed with 

 i Jans and flour and used in time of famine to eke out 

 limited supply of flour. B., Guarana. See Gua- 

 1 (Illus. Diet.). B., Indian, bread-fruit, the fruit 

 ri folia. B., Pulled, fresh 

 id pulled apart longitudinally and rebaked until 

 tie. B., St. John's, the pods of Ceratonia siliqua. 

 -re Illus. Diet.) 3. To change suddenly 

 involuntarily from the natural voice to a shrill one 

 '■> a whisper, as with boys at puberty, or with 

 • under strong emotion. 



-e Illus. Diet.) B., Cooper's Irritable, 



if the breast : mastodynia neuralgica. B., 



'■"unnel, a depression of the chest -walls at the sternum 



:nbling the bowl of a funnel ; it is like shoemaker's 



it mav occur at anv point. Svn., Funnel- 



B.. Gathered. See B., Broken (Illus. Diet.). 



Hysteric, a form of mastodynia due to hysteria. 



■ .. Shoemaker's, a depression of the sternum in shoe- 



te to the pressure of tools against it and the 



id cartilage. 



"-in?s). See Colostrum ( Illus. Diet.). 



See Illus. Diet.' B., Shortness of, dysp- 



B. -sounds. Veine Fluide Theory of: " Ac- 



1 >rding to which a blowing sound is generated when- 



•*er a fluid whether liquid or gas) passes suddenly 



j yd with sufficient momentum (/. e., for the same fluid, 



felocity \ from a narrow space into a much wider one." 



Fagge and Pye-Smith.] 



See Illus. Diet.) B. Capacity. See 



■ uity (Illus. Diet.). B., Cheyne-Stokes'. 



'. CAeyne- Stokes* (Illus. Diet.). B., 



^determinate. See Respiration, Bronchovesicular 



B., Jerky. See B., Interrupted 



' Has. Diet.). B., Spurious, sighing. B., Sub- 



tbular. B.. Transitional, B.. Vesiculotubular. 



ee Respiration, Bronrhovesicular (Illus. Diet. . B. 



'olume. See Air, Tidal (Illus. Diet. >. 



* eze. See Illus. Diet. 1 B , Electric. See Static 



-. Diet. 1. 

 J idin (bre / -id-in\. A constituent of elemi. 

 m (brS-i„ ,. A glucosid isolated from Bryonia 

 It is a powerful stimulant to the arterioles and 



a 



'ba. 



?tul in the treatment of postpartum hemorrhage and 

 ier metrorrhagias. 



Breisky's Method of measuring the dimensions of the 

 pelvis at its outlet, consisting in measuring externally the 

 distance between the tuberosities of the ischia, and also 

 in taking the distance from the junction of the sacrum 

 and coccyx to the lower border of the arcuate ligament. 



Bremer's Color-test for diabedc urine. See under 

 Test. 



Brenzcain ■•;\)iz'-ka-iri). See Guaiacol-benzyl Ester. 



Brenzkatechinuria {brenz-kat-e-kin-u'-re-ah). See 

 Alkaptonuria (Illus. Diet.), 



Brephydrocephalus dnef-id-ro-sef'-al-us) \_3peooc, an 

 infant; idponcoa'/.oc, hydrocephalus]. Hydrocephalus 

 in infants. 



Bresilein ibres-il'-e-in). See Brasilein. 



Bresilin (bres / -il-in). See Brasilin (Illus. Diet.). 



Breviceps (bret J -e-seps) \brevis, short ; caput, head]. 

 Having the head short. 



Brevisupinator \brev-e-su , -pin-a-tor'). See under Mus- 

 cles. 



Bridge. See Illus. Diet.) B., Intercellular, slender 

 protoplasmic processes connecting proximate cells. 

 Syn., Internuclear bundles. B., Jugal. See A re A, 

 matic (Illus. Diet. . 



Brightism [brit'-izm) [Bright, an English physician]. 

 Chronic nephritis. 



Brimstone. (See Illus. Diet.) B., Cane, sublimed 

 sulfur molded into the form of solid cylinders about an 

 inch in diameter; called also roll-sulfur. B., Vege- 

 table, the spores of Lycopodium clavatum. 



Broca's Cape. The dividing point of the fossa sylvii. 



Bromalbacid (bro-mal' -bas-id ). A compound of bro- 

 min and albumin used as a sedative. Dose, 15-30 

 gr. (1-2 gm.). 



Bromalbumin (bro-rnal / -bu-min). See Bromoalbumin. 



Bromaldehyd i bro-mal' -de-Aid). A compound of bro- 

 min and aldehyd. 



Bromalin bro f mal-in). C 6 H,jX 4 C,H 3 Br. A substance 

 occurring as a white crystalline powder, soluble in 

 water, melting at 200 C. It is a nerve sedative and 

 antiepileptic, used as a substitute for potassium bromid. 

 Dose, 30-60 gr. several times per day. Syn., Bro- 

 tnetAylformin ; HexamethylenetetraminbrometAylate. 



Bromallyl (bro^-mal-il). See Allyl Bromid. 



Bromallylene • bro-mal' -il-en). C 3 H 3 Br. A compound 

 of bromin and allylene. 



Bromaloin {bro-mat-o'-in). C ]6 H 15 Br s O T . A deriva- 

 tive of barbaloin by the action of bromin. Syn., 7/7- 

 bromaloin. 



Bromamyl (bro'-mam-il). See A myl Bromid. 



Bromanilin brem-an'-ii-m). 1. A substitution com- 

 pound of bromin and anilin. Syn., Bromamidobenzene. 

 2. A proprietary antipyretic and aseptic. Syn., 

 Serosim. 



Bromanisate (bro-man'-is-dt). A salt of bromanisic 

 acid. 



Bromanisol (bro-man'-is-ol). C^HgOjErj. A crystal- 

 lizable compound obtained from anise camphor by 

 action of bromin. 



Bromantifebrin {bro-mante-fey-rin). See Antisepsiti 

 (Illus. Diet. . 



Bromargyrite {bro-mar'-jirit . Native silver bromid. 



Bromate (bro'-mdt). A salt of bromic acid. 



Bromateccrisis (bromate// -ris-is) [3f><jua, food; 

 1 . - \crement]. The passage of undigested food. 



Bromated (bry-ma-ted). Impregnated with bromin. 



Bromatometer (bro-mat-om'-et-nr) Tj3pu/ta, food; 

 uerftOf, measure]. An instrument used in bromatom- 

 etry. 



Bromatometry (bro-mat-om' -et-re). The estimation of 

 the daily amount of food requisite for an individual. 



Bromatotoxicon (bro-mat-o-toks'-ik-mi). A general 

 term for the active agent in food-poisoning. 



