Glossary B
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Bluebeard is defined as a man who marries and kills one wife after another.
Bluebeard is a term after the nickname of the main character Raoul in a fairy tale by Charles Perrault (1628-1703). In the story, Bluebeard's wife finds the bodies of his previous wives in a room she was forbidden to enter. Yes, he did have a blue beard.
BMI is the abbreviations of Body Mass Index, an estimate of obesity determined by body weight and height. Weight (in kilograms) divided by height (in meters) squared (kg/m2). It is an adjusted ratio of weight to height; used to define "overweight”; a ratio of body weight and height that is related to total body fat.
Bobbsey twins is defined as two (2) people who appear, think, or do alike.
Bobbsey twins is a term which is derived from the characters in a children's book series created in 1904 and published under the pen name of Laura Lee Hope.
Body armor or Muscular armor refers to a protective mechanism in the individual to deal with the punishment that comes from acting on instinctual demands, such as defecating in public.
Body dysmorphic disorder or BDD refers to a somatoform disorder in which individuals are preoccupied with the idea that a part of their body is ugly or defective.
Moreover, BDD refers to a disorder characterized by the affected individual’s preoccupation about some imagined defect in his or her body, causing extreme self -consciousness, embarrassment, avoidance of activities, and body camouflaging.