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bryology [bryology 词源字典]: "The study of mosses and liverworts", Mid 19th century: from Greek bruon 'moss' + -logy.[bryology etymology, bryology origin, 英语词源]
bolus: "A small rounded mass of a substance, especially of chewed food at the moment of swallowing", Mid 16th century (denoting a large pill): via late Latin from Greek bōlos 'clod'.
bawbee: "A coin of low value", Mid 16th century: from the name of the laird of Sillebawby, mint master under James V.
Broca's area: "A region of the brain concerned with the production of speech, located in the cortex of the dominant frontal lobe. Damage in this area causes Broca’s aphasia, characterized by hesitant and fragmented speech with little grammatical structure", Late 19th century: named after Paul Broca (1824–80), French surgeon.
borborygmus: "A rumbling or gurgling noise made by the movement of fluid and gas in the intestines", Early 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek borborugmos.
boffola: "A joke or a line in a script intended to get a laugh", 1940s: extension of slang boff 'hearty laugh'.
bobsy-die: "A great deal of fuss or trouble", Early 19th century: contraction of earlier Bob's-a-dying.
blind tiger: "An illegal bar", Mid 19th century: probably so named to evade prohibition laws, the bars being disguised as exhibition halls for the display of natural curiosities.
bleeding edge: "The very forefront of technological development", 1980s: on the pattern of leading edge, cutting edge.
bingle: "A collision", 1940s: diminutive of dialect bing 'thump, blow' (compare bing²).
bindlestiff: "A tramp", Early 20th century: probably from an alteration of bundle + stiff (in the sense 'useless person').
bilboes: "An iron bar with sliding shackles, formerly used for confining a prisoner’s ankles", Mid 16th century: of unknown origin.
bichon frise: "A small dog of a breed with a fine, curly white coat", From French barbichon 'little water spaniel' + frisé 'curly-haired'.
bioconcentration: "Increase in the concentration of a (typically toxic) chemical in the tissue of organisms, especially progressive concentration in organisms further up the food chain; an instance of this", 1960s; earliest use found in Practical in Treatment Low- & Intermediate-level Radioactive Wastes. From bio- + concentration.
bioterror: "Horror (in a film, etc.) caused by mutation or disfigurement of the human body; compare body horror ( nonce-use )", 1980s; earliest use found in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
boxercise: "A form of exercise based on boxing training and using boxing equipment", 1980s: blend of boxer and exercise.
bowhead: "An Arctic right whale with black skin, feeding by skimming the surface for plankton", Late 19th century: from bow¹ + head.
bacteraemia: "The presence of bacteria in the blood", Late 19th century: from bacterium + -aemia.
biochore: "A group of similar biotopes; a subdivision of the biosphere (with various possible ranks), (also) specifically the largest such division, as forest, desert, grassland, etc", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in The Botanical Gazette. From German Biochore from bio- + ancient Greek χώρα place, country.
buse: "= abuse", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in William Warner (d. 1609), poet and lawyer. Aphetic from abuse.