See Also: Meltzer-Lyon test(medicine)
begob(dictionary)
Meltzer's law(medicine)
Meltzer, Samuel(medicine)
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LYON(money)
Lyon, B(medicine)
Lyon(tourism)
Lyon(dictionary)

Meltzer-Lyon test (medicine) and begob (iou)


Meltzer-Lyon test (medicine)


Meltzer-Lyon test


A test used in diagnosis of gallbladder conditions: 25 ml of a 25% solution of magnesium sulfate are delivered into the region of the sphincter of Oddi through a duodenal tube, causing contraction of the gallbladder, relaxation of the sphincter, and the expulsion of bile from the common duct and gallbladder; bile from the common duct is relatively pale and is expelled first, that from the gallbladder follows; samples aspirated from the tube are examined for pus cells, pigment granules, epithelial cells, cholesterol, etc.


begob (iou)



begob interjection. Anglo-Irish. L19.
[Alt. of by God!: cf. BEGAD etc.]
Expr. amazement or emphasis.