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BIP 



the colouring matter of the bile, 

 especially that of the ox. 



biliphaein, n., UVi-fe'-m (L. bills, 

 bile ; phaios, of a brown colour), 

 the brown colouring matter of 

 the bile, and formerly supposed 

 to be its primary form ; identical 

 with ' bilifulvine ' and ' chole- 

 pyrrhine. ' 



bilirubin, n., biV-i-rooW-in (L. bills, 

 bile; rubens, growing red from 

 ruber, red), a substance identical 

 with the red colouring matter of 

 the blood, from which are ob- 

 tained, by various degrees of oxid- 

 ation, a gradation of colours from 

 the green of 'biliverdin' up to pale 

 yellow. 



biUverdin, n.^ bil'-t-verd-m' (Fr. 

 bile, bile ; vert, green colour), 

 the form of pigment into which 

 ' bilirubin 'often passes, and into 

 which it may be converted by 

 oxidising agenta. 



BiUardiera, n.,, bU'ldrd^er^d 

 (in honour of Labillardiere, a 

 French botanist),, a genus of 

 handsome climbers, Ord. Pitto- 

 sporacese: Billardiera longiflora, 

 I8nf>i-fldr f >a (L. longus, long ; 

 flos, a flower, floris, of a flower), 

 a species producing abundance 

 of flowers and handsome blue 

 berries. 



bilobate, a., bl-lob'at, also bilobed, 

 a., bi'-lobd (L. bis, twice; Gr. 

 lobos, the ear-flap), having two 

 lobes ; two-lobed. 



bilocular, a., bfrldk'ul-ar (L. bis, 

 twice ; I6culus y a little place), in 

 bot., containing two cavities or 

 cells. 



bimanoiis, a., bl-m&n'us (L. bis, 

 twice ; manus, the hand), having 

 two hands, applied to man only : 

 Bimana, n. plu., bi-man'a, the 

 Order Mammalia, comprising man 

 alone. 



binate, a., bin'-dt (L. bini, two by 

 two), growing in pairs ; double ; 

 applied to a leaf composed of two 

 leaflets : binary, a., bin'dir>i, in 

 chem., containing two units ; in 



anat., separating into two, and 

 again into two. 



bi-nucleate, a., 'bl-nuk'-U-at (L. 

 bis, twice ; nucleus, a small nut), 

 having two nuclei. 



biogenesis, n., bi'-o-fen'-es-is (Gr. 

 bios, life ; genesis, origin), a term 

 employed to express the mode by 

 which new species of animal life 

 have been produced; the doctrine 

 that all life springs from ante- 

 cedent life ; in bot., the produc- 

 tion of living cells from existing 

 living cells of a similar nature. 



biology, n., bi-ol'ti-jt (Gr. bios, 

 life ; logos, discourse), the science 

 which investigates the phenomena 

 of life, both animal and veget- 

 able. 



bioplasm, n., bi'd-plazm (Gr. 

 bios, life ; plasma, what has 

 been formed, a model), the physic- 

 al basis of life ; the material 

 through which every form of 

 life manifests itself : also proto- 

 plasm, in same sense. 



biparous, a., bip'tir-tis (L. bis, 

 double ;. pario, I bring forth), 

 having two at a birth ; in bot. t 

 applied to a cymose inflorescence, 

 in which an axis gives rise to 

 two bracts, from each of which 

 a second axis proceeds, and so 

 on. 



bipartite, a., bip'-art-lt (L. bis, 

 twice ; partUus, divided), in bot. , 

 divided into two parts nearly to 

 the base.. 



biped, n., W-p'ed (L. bis, twice ; 

 pes, a foot, p&dis, of a foot), an 

 animal having two feet : bipedal, 



: a., bip'-Zd-al, having two feet ; 

 walking upon two legs. 



bipinnate, a., bl-pm^nat (L. bis, 

 twice; pinna or penna, a feather), 

 having a leaf or frond growing 

 from a stem, itself divided into 

 leaflets and ranged in pairs; 

 having leaflets in pairs. 



bipinnatifid, a., bi'-pin-naM-fid 

 (L. bis, twice ; pinna, a feather ; 

 Jindo, I cleave, fidl, I cleft), in 

 bot., having pinnatifid leaves, 



