B words

Question 1

Benign

Answer 1

not harmful

Question 2

Bolus

Answer 2

1. A small rounded mass of a substance, especially of chewed food at the moment of swallowing.
2. A single dose of a drug or other medicinal preparation given all at once.

Question 3

Bradycardia

Answer 3

abnormally slow heart rate <60 bpm

Question 4

Bradypnea

Answer 4

abnormally slow breath rate < 12 avg adult

Question 5

Bruit

Answer 5

abnormal sound heard in lung with stethoscope

Question 6

Buccal

Answer 6

related to mouth or inside cheek

Question 7

Bullae

Answer 7

large blisters on the skin that are filled with clear fluid