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An article of furniture for sleeping on. 2. A structure on which another structure rests (e. g., the matrix of the nail) or in which it is imbedded (e. g., the parts immediately surrounding a tumor), air b. A b. similar to the water b., but distended with air instead of water. Bandeloux's b. An air b. with a ve el beneath for the collection of urine, the whole surmounted by a cradle covered with gauze, b. swing. An apparatus resembling a hammock for swinging a patient clear of the b. hydrostatic b. See water b. protection b. A crib for confining maniacs in the recumbent posture, stomach b. The hollow on which the stomach lies, composed of the left border of the diaphragm, the left suprarenal capsule, the greater surface of the spleen, the anterosuperior surface of the pancreas and the transverse me so colon and colon, water b. A b. consisting of a rubber sac filled with water; designed to equalize the pre ure due to the weight of the body. [Ang.-Sax., bedd.1