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bare-bone — Lean; without any extras. ► “Cut to the bare bone in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, corporate/ institutional advertising programs that promote the name, image and reputation of the company rather than specific products or services, are… … American business jargon
Bone segment navigation — is a method used in the surgical field in order to obtain the correct anatomical position of displaced bone fragments in fractures, allowing a good fixation by osteosynthesis. It has been developed for the first time in Oral and maxillofacial… … Wikipedia
Bare lymphocyte syndrome 2 — Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome, type II = The bare lymphocyte syndrome, type II (BLS II) is a rare recessive genetic condition in which a group of genes called major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC class II) are not expressed. The result is… … Wikipedia
bone — bone1 W2S2 [bəun US boun] n [: Old English; Origin: ban] 1.) one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human, animal, or fish body ▪ The X ray showed that the bone was broken in two places. hip/leg/cheek etc bone (=the bone in your… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bone — 1 noun 1 BODY (C) one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human or animal body: The X ray showed that the bone was broken in two places. | thigh/cheek/jaw etc bone (=the bone in your thigh etc): very prominent cheek bones | big… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bone — /boʊn / (say bohn) noun 1. Zoology, Anatomy a. any of the separate pieces of which the skeleton of a vertebrate is composed. b. the hard tissue which composes the skeleton. 2. a bone or piece of a bone with the meat adhering to it, as an article… …
bone — [[t]bo͟ʊn[/t]] ♦♦♦ bones, boning, boned 1) N VAR Your bones are the hard parts inside your body which together form your skeleton. Many passengers suffered broken bones... Stephen fractured a thigh bone... The body is made up primarily of bone,… … English dictionary
bone — n. & v. n. 1 any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in pl.) a the skeleton, esp. as remains after death. b the body, esp. as a seat of intuitive feeling (felt it in my bones). 3 a the material of which bones… … Useful english dictionary
bare — [[t]be͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ barer, barest, bares, baring, bared 1) ADJ If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing. She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress, and her feet were bare... She had bare arms and a bare… … English dictionary
bare bones — noun (plural) the most basic facts or elements he told us only the bare bones of the story • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form, ↑colloquialism • Hypernyms: ↑kernel, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
