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Buttress
A flange of tissue protruding from the main outline of the base of a tree.

Buttonwood
<botany> The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is (more...)

Buttonweed
<botany> The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia, of the Madder family.

Buttonmold
A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth.

Buttonhole Stenosis
Extreme narrowing, usually of the mitral valve.

Buttonhole Iridectomy
peripheral iridectomy

Buttonhole
1. A short straight cut made through the wall of a cavity or canal.

Buttonbush
<botany> A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; so called from its globular head of flowers (more...)

Buttonball
<botany> See Buttonwood.

Button Suture
A suture in which the threads are passed through the holes of a button and then tied; used to reduce the danger of the t (more...)

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