Botryoid

{bof ’-7-e-oid) [ftorpvg, a cluster; elSog, likene ]. Resembling in shape a bunch of grapes. Bottcher’s Cells. Small cells in the cochlea, occurring in a single layer on the basilar membrane. B.’s Crystals, peculiar microscopic crystals formed by adding a drop of a one per cent, solution of phosphate of ammonia to a drop of prostatic secretion. They are composed of a phosphate formed from a base that exists in prostatic fluid, and that is supposed to impart to it its peculiar odor. Bottger’s Test. A test for sugar in the urine. The urine is alkalinized with sodium hydrate, a little bismuth sub nitrate is added, and the urine boiled. A black color, due to the reduction of the bismuth, will be produced if sugar is present. Albumin, if present, must previously be removed. Botulism, 154