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1. A round mass. See bezoar. 2. In veterinary medicine, a large pill or bolus.

- chondrin b. one of the globular masses formed by a group of cells enclosed in a capsule, in hyaline cartilage.

- food b. SYN: phytobezoar.

- b. of the foot the padded portion of the sole, at the anterior extremity of the heads of the metatarsals, upon which the weight rests when the heel is raised.

- fungus b. a compact mass of fungal mycelium and cellular debris, 1 to 5 cm in diameter, residing within a lung cavity, paranasal sinus, or urinary tract; aspergilloma is a type of fungus b. of the lung.

ball 'bȯl n a round or roundish body or mass: as

a) a roundish protuberant part of the body: as (1) the rounded eminence by which the base of the thumb is continuous with the palm of the hand (2) the rounded broad part of the sole of the human foot between toes and arch and on which the main weight of the body first rests in normal walking (3) the padded rounded underside of a human finger or toe near the tip

b) EYEBALL

c) often vulgar TESTIS

d) a large pill (as one used in veterinary medicine): BOLUS

ball vt to give a medicinal ball to (as a horse)