median bar


bar

 [bahr] 1. a structure having greater length than width, and often some degree of rigidity.2. a heavy wire or a wrought or cast metal segment, longer than its width, used to connect parts of a removable partial denture.3. a long narrow rigid structure that a patient can grasp to assist in stabilization.grab bar a fixed bar in the bathroom to assist a patient in preventing falls while bathing or toileting.median bar a fibrotic formation across the neck of the prostate, producing obstruction of the urethra.parallel b's a set of bars running parallel to each other; the patient holds them with the hands to ambulate safely.tarsal bar tarsal coalition.

median bar

Contracture or constriction of the vesical neck of the bladder caused by benign hypertrophy or fibrosis of the prostate. It may obstruct the flow of urine from the bladder. See also: bar