MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND TERMS ("B")
1. Barium enema - X-rays of the lower intestine
2. Barrett's esophagus - lower part is damaged due to reflux
3. Basal cell carcinoma - kind of skin cancer
4. Bell's Palsy - paralysis of one side of the face
5. Benign tumor - abnormal tissue growth that does not spread or cause other tumors
6. Biopsy - removal of tissue sample to search for cancer
7. Blindness - legal blindness is corrected visual acuity of 20/200 or field of vision limited to 20 degrees
or less
8. Bradycardia - slow heart beat
9. Bronchitis - inflammation of air tubes leading to the lungs
10. Burns - first degree means only epidermis is affected, second degree means partial thickness burns to the epidermis and dermis, third degree means full thickness burns to the epidermis, dermis and all appendages