ballo-, ball-, balo-, bolo-, bol-, -bola, -bole, -bolic, -bolism, -bolite, -boly

Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, such as hornblende, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum.

The result of being struck by a star.

Supposedly, the star is Sirius, the dog star; because it rises and sets with the sun during summer in the northern hemisphere, its name is associated with "dog days" usually applicable to the hottest part of the year in places north of the equator.

The dog days are those from about the middle of July to the middle of August although the exact dates vary depending on where people live.

The thought behind astrobolism was connected to an old idea that this period of summer was under a bad influence, in which dogs ran mad, the air was unwholesome, sunstroke was common, and practical work was not done because of a lack of desire by people to do anything.

A record of the body's recoil caused by cardiac contraction, the ejection of blood into the aorta, and ventricular filling forces; has been used as a basis for calculating the cardiac output in mankind, but its lack of accuracy and reproducibility has caused it to be discarded.

1. A reference to an instrument for recording the movements of the body caused by ejection of blood from the ventricles at each beat of the heart.
3. A descriptive term for the study and interpretation of ballistocardiograms.

A record, or recording, made by a bolometer (an instrument for measuring radiant energy by determining the changes of resistance in an electrical conductor).

1. Very wicked or evil; fiendish.
2. Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil, or Satan.
3. Having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked; such as, a diabolic plot.