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BDD
BDD
Body dysmorphic disorder.
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Baylisascaris
Infection by the raccoon roundworm. Baylisascaris procyonis is found commonly in raccoons. When infective eggs of this roundworm are ingested by humans, Baylisascaris larvae hatch in the intestine and travel through the organs and muscles. This is the larva migrans syndrome.
BCC
Basal cell carcinoma.
BCG
An effective immunization against tuberculosis. BCG stands for Bacille Calmette Gu‚rin. BCG is a weakened (attenuated) version of a bacteria called Mycobacterium bovis which is closely related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the agent responsible for tuberculosis.
BCM
Body cell mass.
BCNS
Basal cell nevus syndrome, also known as the Gorlin syndrome.
BDD
Beaded vitreous type Stickler syndrome
Stickler syndrome, type II. See: Stickler syndrome.
Beals
See: Beals, Rodney K.
Beat, premature
See: Extrasystole.
Beaufort wind scale
A widely used wind force scale whih is a simple numerical relationship to wind speed based on an observation of the effects of the wind. The Beaufort wind scale is of importance in preparations for a tropical storm or hurricane.
Becker muscular dystrophy
A chronic, progressive muscle degeneration disease. A form of muscular dystrophy that is quite similar to Duchenne muscular dystrophy, except that patients with Becker do produce some of the key protein, dystrophin, whereas those with Duchenne do not. Progression of the disease in Becker type is slower than in Duchenne, and symptoms may appear as late as the mid-twenties. Becker muscular dystrophy is a mild version of Duchenne. Both diseases result from mutations in the huge gene in region Xp21.2 on the X chromosome that encodes dystrophin. (The other principal form of X-linked, late-onset muscular dystrophy is Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, which results from mutation in the gene encoding emerin on Xq28.)
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