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(Or. dis, twice ; oikos, a house, 

 in allusion to the flowers with 

 stamens, and those organs bear- 

 ing seed growing on different 

 plants), supposed to be the same 

 as B. alba ; bryony or wild vine ; 

 white bryony, applied to the 

 root : bryonin, n., &ri-#n-lfo, a 

 yellowish-brown bitter substance 

 obtained from the root. 



Bryophillum, n., bri'd-fil'-um (Gr. 

 bruo, I grow ; phullon, a leaf), a 

 genus of curious plants, Ord. 

 Crassulacese, so named in allusion 

 to the circumstance that a leaf 

 lying on damp earth emits roots, 

 and throws up stems : Bryophil- 

 lum calycinum, Edl'f-sin'-um (Gr. 

 kalnx, a flower- cup or calyx, 

 kaluJcos, of a flower-cup), a plant 

 remarkable for producing ger- 

 minating buds at the edges of its 

 leaves. 



bryozoa, n. plu., 'brl'-oz-o'-a (Gr. 

 bruon, moss, seaweed ; zoon, an 

 animal), a synonym of * polyzoa. ' 



bubo, n., buf-bo, buboes, n. plu., 

 bu'-boz (Gr. bonbon, the groin), 

 an inflamed lymphatic gland, 

 common in the groin : bubono- 

 cele, n., bu-bdn'o-sel (Gr. Jcele, a 

 tumour), a rupture in which the 

 intestines break down into the 

 groin ; incomplete inguinal her- 

 nia. 



buccal, a., buk'al (L. bucca, the 

 cheek), belonging to the cheek or 

 mouth, as buccal arteries: buccal 

 membrane, the lining membrane 

 of the mouth : buccales, n. plu. , 

 buk'kdl'ez, the arteries, veins, 

 nerves, etc. of the cheeks. 



buccinator, n., bu&sfn-dt'br (L. 

 buccina, a kind of trumpet), one 

 of the two broad thin muscles of 

 the cheeks which act during the 

 process of mastication, and in 

 blowing wind instruments. 



bulb, n., bulb (L. bulbus, a 

 globular root, an onion), in anat., 

 resembling bulbous roots; in bot., 

 a leaf-bud with fleshy scales, of a 

 globular shape, growing on the 



soil or partly in it, as the onion : 

 bulbi, n. plu., bulb'i, bulbs: 

 bulbil, n., bulb'-tl, also bulblet, 

 n., bulb' let, separable buds in the 

 axil of leaves, as in some lilies : 

 bulbose, a., bulb'os, having the 

 structure of a bulb. 



bulbus olfactorius, bulb'-us diydkt- 

 or'i-us (L. bulbus, a bulb ; olfact- 

 on'ws,.pert. to smelling), the part 

 of the olfactory nerve which 

 swells into an oval enlargement 

 or bulb: bulbar, a., pert, to a 

 bulb, generally used in med. 

 to qualify a peculiar form of 

 paralysis due to disease of the 

 medulla oblongata and its imme- 

 diate surroundings. 



bulla, n., bid' la, bullse, plu., 

 buttle (L. bulla, a water-bubble), 

 the blisters or large vesicles 

 appearing on the body in some 

 forms of skin disease ; blebs : 

 bullous, a.,, bul'lus, pert, to 

 bullse. 



bullate, a., Wl'-lot (L. bulla, a 

 bubble), having elevations like 

 blisters ; puckered as- in the leaf 

 of a Savoy cabbage. 



bunion, n., bun'-yun (Fr. bigne, a 

 knob rising after a knock ; Icel. 

 bingh, a heap ; Gr. bounion, a 

 bulbous root from bounos, a 

 mound),, a subcutaneous swelling 

 frequently found on the inner 

 side of the ball of the great toe, 

 or it may be elsewhere. 



Bunium bulbocastanum, 

 bulb f '8'kast f -an-um (Gr. 

 a bulbous root from bounos, a 

 mound; Gr. bolbos, L. bulbus, a 

 bulb; Gr. kastanon, L. castdnea, 

 a chestnut) ; also B. flexu- 

 osum, fleks-u-oz'-um (L. flexus, 

 bent), two species of plants of the 

 Ord. Umbelliferse, the tubers of 

 which are eaten under the name 

 of pig-nuts or earth-nuts. 



Burro anniacese, n. plu., 6er-ma/i- 

 m-a'-se-e (unascertained), the 

 Burmannia family, an Order of 

 tropical weeds allied to the 

 Orchids. 



