Abbreviations - B

• B - B black.
• B - B born.
• B - B fever sweats or weight loss ("B" symptoms in Hodgkin lymphoma).
• B B&C - B B&C biopsy and curettage. B B-cells.
• B-ALL - B-ALL B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
• b/c - b/c benefit/cost (ratio).
• B19-PRCA - B19-PRCA pure red cell aplasia caused by parvovirus B19.
• Ba - Ba BA barium.
• BA - BA blood alcohol.
• BA - BA bone age.
• BA - BA brachial artery.
• BA - BA bronchial asthma.
• BAB - BAB Babinski's sign
• BAC - BAC blood alcohol concentration
• BACR - BACR British Association for Cancer Research.
• Bact. - Bact. bacteriologist; bacteriology
• BaE - BaE barium enema
• BAER - BAER brain stem auditory evoked response.
• BAIJP - BAIJP Bovie-assisted uvulopalatoplasty.
• BAL - BAL bronchoalveolar lavage.
• BALF - BALF broncho-alveolar lavage fluid.
• bals - bals balsam.
• BALT - BALT bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue.
• BAM - BAM bamifylline.
• BaM - BaM barium meal.
• BAM - BAM basilar artery migraine.
• BAM - BAM bilateral augmentation mammoplasty.
• BAM - BAM brachial artery mean (pressure).
• BAME - BAME benzoylarginine methyl ester.
• BamHI - BamHI restriction enzyme from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens H.
• BAN - BAN British Approved Name.
• BAN - BAN British Association of Neurologists.
• BANS - BANS Back posterior upper Arm posterior Neck Scalp; prognostically high-risk sites for malignant melanoma.
• BAO - BAO basal acid output.
• BAO - BAO brachial artery output.
• BAO-MAO - BAO-MAO basal acid output to maximal acid output (ratio).
• BAP - BAP bacterial alkaline phosphatase.
• BAP - BAP Behavior Activity Profile.
• BAP - BAP beta-amyloid peptide.
• BAP - BAP blood-agar plate.
• BAP - BAP bovine albumin in phosphate buffer.
• BAP - BAP brachial artery pressure.
• BAPhysMed - BAPhysMed British Association Physical Medicine.
• BAPI - BAPI barley alkaline protease inhibitor.
• BAPN - BAPN beta-aminoproprionitrile fumarate.
• BAPO - BAPO Belgian Association of Pediatric Orthopaedics.
• BAPP - BAPP beta amyloid precursor protein.
• BAPS - BAPS biomechanical ankle platform system.
• BAPS - BAPS bovine albumin phosphate saline.
• BAPS - BAPS British Association of Paediatric Surgeons.
• BAPS - BAPS British Association of Plastic Surgeons.
• BAPT - BAPT British Association of Physical Training.
• BAPTA - BAPTA l2-bis (aminophenoxy) ethane- NNN
• BAPV - BAPV bovine alimentary papilloma virus.
• BAQ - BAQ brain-age quotient.
• BAR - BAR bariatrics; barometer barometric.
• bar - bar barometric.
• BAR - BAR beta-adrenergic receptor.
• BAR - BAR biofragmentable anastomosis ring.
• BARB - BARB barbiturates.
• Barb - Barb barb barbiturate barbituric.
• BARK - BARK beta-adrenergic receptor kinase.
• Barn - Barn benzamide.
• BARN - BARN bilateral acute retinal necrosis.
• BARS - BARS behaviorally anchored rating scale.
• BART - BART blood-activated recalcification time.
• BAS - BAS balloon atrial septostomy
• BaS - BaS barium swallow.
• bas - bas basilar.
• bas - bas basophil basophilic.
• Bas - Bas basophils.
• BAS - BAS benzyl anti-serotonin.
• BAS - BAS beta-adrenergic stimulation.
• BAS - BAS boric acid solution.
• Bas. - Bas. basal
• BASA - BASA Boston Assessment of Severe Aphasia.
• BASE - BASE B27-arthritis-sacroiliitis-extra-articular features (syndrome).
• BASH - BASH body acceleration synchronous with heart rate.
• BASI - BASI barley alpha-amylase/subtilisin inhibitor.
• BASIC - BASIC Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Introduction Code.
• baso - baso basophil.
• BASO - BASO British Association of Surgical Oncologists.
• basos - basos basophils (leukocytes).
• BASPCAN - BASPCAN British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
• BAT - BAT basic aid training.
• BAT - BAT best available technology.
• BAT - BAT blunt abdominal trauma.
• BAT - BAT brown adipose tissue.
• BAUS - BAUS British Association of Urological Surgeons.
• BAV - BAV bicuspid aortic valve.
• BAVCP - BAVCP bilateral abductor vocal cord paralysis.
• BAVFO - BAVFO bradycardia after arteriovenous fistula occlusion.
• BAW - BAW bronchoalveolar washing.
• BB - BB bad breath.
• BB - BB bed bath.
• BB - BB bed board.
• BB - BB beta blockade beta blocker.
• BB - BB BioBreeding (rat).
• BB - BB blanket bath.
• BB - BB blood bank.
• BB - BB blood buffer.
• BB - BB blow bottle.
• BB - BB blue bloaters (emphysema).
• bb - bb Bolton point.
• BB - BB borderline.
• bb - bb both bones.
• BB - BB both bones.
• BB - BB breakthrough bleeding.
• BB - BB breast biopsy.
• BB - BB brush border.
• BB - BB buffer base.
• BB - BB bundle branch.
• BB - BB isoenzyme of creatine kinase containing two B subunits.
• BB/FS - BB/FS breast biopsy/frozen section
• BBA - BBA born before arrival.
• BBB - BBB blood buffer base.
• BBB - BBB blood-brain barrier.
• BBB - BBB bundle branch block.
• BBBB - BBBB bilateral bundle-branch block.
• BBBD - BBBD blood brain barrier disruption.
• BBC - BBC Belgian Bone Club (EFFO Member Society).
• BBC - BBC bromobenzycyanide.
• BBD - BBD benign breast disease.
• BBE - BBE Bacteroides bile esculin (agar).
• BBEP - BBEP brush border endopeptidase.
• BBF - BBF bronchial blood flow.
• BBI - BBI Biomedical Business International.
• BBI - BBI Bowman-Birk soybean inhibitor.
• BBIW - BBIW BioBreeding/Worcester (rat).
• BBM - BBM brush border membrane.
• BBMV - BBMV brush border membrane vesicle.
• BBN - BBN broad band noise.
• BBRS - BBRS Burks’ Behavior Rating Scale.
• BBS - BBS Barolet-Biedl syndrome.
• BBS - BBS bashful bladder syndrome.
• BBS - BBS benign breast syndrome.
• BBS - BBS bilateral breath sounds.
• BBS - BBS bombesin.
• BBS - BBS borate-buffered saline.
• BBS - BBS brown bowel syndrome.
• BBT - BBT basal body temperature
• BC - BC Bachelor of Surgery (Lat.Baccalaureus Chirurgiae).
• BC - BC back care.
• BC - BC bactericidal concentration.
• BC - BC basal cell.
• BC - BC basket cell.
• BC - BC battle casualty.
• BC - BC bicarbonate.
• BC - BC biliary colic.
• BC - BC bipolar cell.
• BC - BC birth control.
• BC - BC blastic crisis.
• BC - BC blood count.
• BC - BC blood culture.
• BC - BC Blue Cross (plan).
• BC - BC board certified.
• BC - BC bone conduction.
• BC - BC brachiocephalic.
• BC - BC breast cancer.
• BC - BC bronchial carcinoma.
• BC - BC buccal cartilage.
• BC - BC buccocervical.
• BC - BC buffy coat.
• BC/BS - BC/BS Blue cross/Blue shield.
• BCA - BCA balloon catheter angioplasty.
• BCA - BCA bicinchoninic acid.
• BCA - BCA blood color analyzer.
• BCA - BCA Blue Cross Association.
• BCA - BCA branchial cleft anomaly.
• BCA - BCA breast cancer antigen.
• BCAA - BCAA branched chain amino acid.
• BCAg - BCAg basal-cell antigen.
• BCAT - BCAT brachiocephalic arterial trunk.
• BCB - BCB blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier.
• BCB - BCB brilliant cresyl blue.
• BCBR - BCBR bilateral carotid body resection.
• BCBSA - BCBSA Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
• BCC - BCC basal cell carcinoma.
• BCC - BCC benign cellular changes (pap smear).
• BCC - BCC biliary cholesterol concentration.
• BCC - BCC birth control clinic.
• bcc - bcc body-centered-cubic.
• BCCG - BCCG British Cooperative Clinical Group.
• BCCP - BCCP biotin carboxyl carrier protein.
• BCD - BCD binary-coded decimal.
• BCD - BCD bleomycin cyclophosphamide dactinomycin.
• BCDDP - BCDDP Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project.
• BCDF - BCDF B-cell differentiation factor.
• BCDL - BCDL Brachmann-Cornelia de Lange (syndrome).
• BCDRS - BCDRS brief Carroll depression rating scale.
• BCDS - BCDS bulimia cognitive distortions scale.
• BCDSP - BCDSP Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program.
• BCE - BCE basal cell epithelioma.
• BCE - BCE benign childhood epilepsy.
• BCE - BCE bubble chamber equipment.
• BCEI - BCEI breast cancer estrogen-inducible.
• BCF - BCF basophil chemotactic factor.
• BCF - BCF bioconcentration factor.
• BCF - BCF breast cyst fluid.
• BCFP - BCFP breast cyst fluid protein.
• BCG - BCG bacille Calmette-Guérin (vaccine).
• BCG - BCG ballistocardiography ballistocardiogram.
• BCG - BCG bicolor guaiac test.
• BCG - BCG bromcresol green.
• BCGF - BCGF B-cell growth factor.
• BCh - BCh Bachelor of Surgery (Lat.Baccalaureus Chirurgiae).
• BCH - BCH basal cell hyperplasia.
• BChD - BChD Bachelor of Dental Surgery.
• BCHE - BCHE butyrylcholinesterase.
• BChir - BChir Bachelor of Surgery (Lat.Baccalaureus Chirurgiae).
• Bchl - Bchl bChl bacterial chlorophyll.
• BCHS - BCHS Bureau of Community Health Services.
• BCHT - BCHT bicaval heart transplantation.
• BCI - BCI behavioral cues index.
• BCI - BCI brain-computer interface.
• BCIA - BCIA Biomedical Clinical Instrumentation Association.
• BCIP - BCIP 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-inodolyl phosphate.
• BCKA - BCKA branched-chain keto acid.
• BCKD - BCKD branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase.
• BCL - BCL basic cycle length.
• BCL - BCL B-cell leukemia/lymphoma.
• bcl-2 - bcl-2 (B-cell lymphoma-2) a gene that inhibits apoptosis; overexpression may cause follicular lymphomas.
• BCLPD - BCLPD B-cell chronic lymphoprolipherative disorders.
• BCNU - BCNU carmustine.
• BCP - BCP birth control pills.
• bcr - bcr breakpoint cluster region.
• BCS - BCS breast conservation surgery.
• BD - BD (Lat: bis die) twice a day.
• BD - BD band.
• BD - BD barbital-dependent.
• BD - BD barbiturate dependence.
• BD - BD base deficit.
• BD - BD base of prism down.
• BD - BD basophilic degeneration.
• BD - BD Batten disease.
• BD - BD behavioral disorder.
• BD - BD Behcet disease.
• BD - BD belladonna.
• BD - BD bicarbonate dialysis.
• BD - BD bile duct.
• BD - BD binocular deprivation.
• BD - BD biotinylated dextran.
• BD - BD birth date.
• BD - BD black death.
• BD - BD block design (test).
• BD - BD blood donor.
• BD - BD blue diaper (syndrome).
• BD - BD board.
• BD - BD border disease.
• BD - BD borderline dull.
• BD - BD bound.
• BD - BD Bowen disease.
• BD - BD brain damage.
• BD - BD brain dead brain death.
• BD - BD Briquet disorder.
• BD - BD bronchodilation bronchodilator.
• BD - BD buccodistal.
• BD - BD bundle.
• BD - BD buoyant density.
• BD - BD Byler disease.
• BDG - BDG bidirectional Glenn shunt.
• BDI - BDI blunt duodenal injury.
• BDI-1 - BDI-1 monoclonal antibody against human bladder carcinoma.
• BDI-PC - BDI-PC Beck Depression Inventory for Primary Care.
• BE - BE barium enema.
• BE - BE below the elbow.
• BE - BE benzoylecgonine (cocaine).
• BE - BE brisk and equal.
• BEA - BEA 2-bromoethylamine hydrobromide.
• BEC2 - BEC2 an anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibody that mimics the ganglioside GD3.
• BELI - BELI beta-Endorphin-like immunoreactivity.
• BEMS - BEMS Bioelectromagnetics Society.
• BERG - BERG balloon-assisted endoscopic retroperitoneal gasless (BERG lumbar interbody fusion).
• beta-2M - beta-2M beta-2 microglobulin level.
• BF - BF biofiltration.
• BF - BF blood flow.
• BF - BF bone fragment.
• bFGF - bFGF basic fibroblast frowth factor.
• BG - BG bone graft.
• BGB - BGB bisglucuronosyl bilirubin.
• BGS - BGS balance gate station
• BGTT - BGTT borderline glucose tolerance test.
• BH cells - BH cells baby hamster kidney cells.
• BHA - BHA butylated hydroxyanisole.
• BHG - BHG Belgian Hand Group.
• BHIA - BHIA British Healthcare Internet Association.
• BHP - BHP benign hypertrophic prostate.
• BHS - BHS beta hemolytic streptococcus.
• BHT - BHT blunt head trauma.
• BHT - BHT butylated hydroxytoluene.
• BHV-1 - BHV-1 Bovine Herpesvirus-1.
• BI - BI background interval.
• BI - BI bacterial or bactericidal index.
• BI - BI base-in (prism).
• BI - BI basilar impression.
• BI - BI Billroth I (operation).
• BI - BI biological indicator.
• BI - BI biotechnology informatics.
• BI - BI bodily injury.
• BI - BI bone impaction.
• BI - BI bone injury.
• BI - BI brain injury.
• BI - BI burn index
• Bi - Bi prefix meaning both sides (e.g. bilateral); two components (e.g. biphasic).
• Bic. - Bic. biceps.
• BID - BID brought in dead.
• BID/BD - BID/BD twice a day (bis in die).
• BIJC - BIJC The British Isles Joint TNM Classification.
• BIL - BIL bilateral
• bilat. - bilat. bilateral.
• BILI - BILI bilirubin.
• BIN - BIN bin twice a night.
• BIP - BIP bronchiolitis obliterans with interstitial pneumonia.
• BIR - BIR baculovirus IAP repeat.
• BIR - BIR British Institute of Radiology.
• BIRP - BIRP B1-independent rotation phase-cycled.
• BIRP - BIRP BIR-containing proteins.
• Bis-GMA - Bis-GMA bisphenol-a-glycidyl methacrylate.
• BiVAS - BiVAS biventricular assist system.
• biw - biw twice a week.
• BJ - BJ Bence Jones (proteinuria).N’-tetraacetic acid.
• BJ - BJ biceps jerk.
• BJ - BJ bone and joint.
• BJE - BJE bones joints extremities
• BJM - BJM bones joints muscles.
• BK - BK back.
• BK - BK below the knee.
• BKA - BKA below knee amputation.
• BKP - BKP back pain.
• BL - BL bilateral lower lung fields.
• BL - BL blood loss.
• Blad. - Blad. bladder.
• BLE - BLE both lower extremities.
• BLEED - BLEED bleeding (ongoing) low systolic blood pressure elevated prothrombin time erratic mental status
• BLP - BLP beta-lipotropin.
• BLPD - BLPD B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder.
• BLQ - BLQ both lower quadrants.
• BLS - BLS basic life support.
• BLS-D - BLS-D basic life support and defibrillation.
• BM - BM basal metabolism.
• BM - BM blood monitoring.
• BM - BM body mass.
• BM - BM bone marrow.
• BM - BM bowel movement.
• BMA - BMA British Medical Association.
• BMA - BMA butyl methacrylate.
• BMD - BMD 3-(s)-[(benzyloxycarbonyl)methyl].
• BMD - BMD Becker muscular dystrophies.
• BMD - BMD Best's macular dystrophy.
• BMD - BMD bone mineral density.
• BMES - BMES Biomedical Engineering Society.
• BMG - BMG benign monoclonal gammopathy.
• BMI - BMI body mass index.
• BMJ - BMJ British Medical Journal.
• BMMEC - BMMEC bone marrow microvascular endothelial cells.
• BMN - BMN bone marrow necrosis.
• BMP - BMP bone morphogenetic protein.
• BMR - BMR basal metabolic rate.
• BMT - BMT bone marrow transplant (see HDC and HDC/BMT).
• BMZ - BMZ basement membrane zone.
• BN - BN bound niacin.
• BN - BN bulimia nervosa.
• BND - BND barely noticeable difference.
• BNLI - BNLI British National Lymphoma Investigation.
• BNO - BNO bladder neck obstruction.
• BNST - BNST bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.
• BOA - BOA born on arrival.
• BOA - BOA British Oncology Association.
• BOA - BOA British Orthopaedic Association.
• BODMA - BODMA British Oncology Data Managers Association (UK).
• BOE - BOE bilateral otitis externa.
• BOLD - BOLD blood oxygenation level-dependent.
• BOM - BOM bilateral otitis media.
• BOO - BOO bladder outlet obstruction.
• BOOP - BOOP bronchiolitis obliterans-organizing pneumonia.
• BOP - BOP blood ova parasites.
• BOS - BOS Bombay Orthopaedic Association.
• BOTA - BOTA Belgian Orthopaedic Trauma Association.
• BOW - BOW bag of waters.
• BP - BP B/P blood pressure.
• BP - BP bipolar.
• BP - BP body part.
• BP - BP bullous pemphigoid.
• BPC - BPC blood pressure cuff.
• BPC - BPC bronchoprovocation challenge.
• BPD - BPD biparietal diameter.
• BPD - BPD borderline personality disorder.
• BPD - BPD bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
• BPD - BPD Transmission Chain Burnup Reactor Computer Code.
• BPH - BPH benign prostatic hypertrophy.
• BPI - BPI bactericidal permeability increasing protein.
• BPI - BPI Brief Pain Inventory.
• BPL - BPL Bauchinia purpurea alba.
• bpm - bpm beats per minute.
• BPP - BPP blood pressure and pulse.
• BPPV - BPPV benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
• BPR - BPR brief psychiatric rating (scale).
• BPS - BPS Belgian Pain Society.
• BPTB - BPTB bone-patellar tendon-bone.
• BR - BR bacteriorhodopsin.
• BR - BR bathroom.
• BR - BR bedrest.
• BRAT - BRAT a fusion protein between the membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin (BR) and the catalytic subunit of aspartyl transcarbamylase from Escherichia coli.
• BRAT - BRAT Baylor Rapid Autologous Transfusion system.
• BRAT - BRAT Behaviour Research and Therapy.
• brat - brat brain tumor gene.
• BRB - BRB bright red blood.
• BRBPR - BRBPR bright red blood per rectum.
• BRCA1 & BRCA2 (pronounced bra - BRCA1 & BRCA2 (pronounced braka one ...) genes prone to multiple mutations that are involved in a percentage of the breast cancers.
• BRD(C) - BRD(C) bovine respiratory disease (complex).
• BRFSS - BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance system.
• BRM - BRM biological response modifier.
• BRP - BRP bathroom privileges.
• BRW - BRW breast meat weight.
• BRY - BRY breast meat yield.
• BS - BS blood sugar.
• BS - BS bowel sounds.
• BS - BS breath sounds.
• BS - BS bronchial secretion.
• BSA - BSA body surface area.
• BSA - BSA bovine serum albumin.
• BSA - BSA bowel signs active.
• BSAEP - BSAEP brain stem auditory evoked potentials.
• BSC - BSC bedside commode.
• BSE - BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
• BSE - BSE breast self examination.
• BSER - BSER brainstem evoked response audiometry.
• BSI - BSI bloodstream infections.
• BSL - BSL baseline.
• BSN - BSN bowel sounds normal.
• BSO - BSO bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.
• BSP - BSP bromsulphalein (dye).
• BSPh - BSPh bachelor of science in pharmacy.
• BSQ - BSQ behavior style questionnaire.
• BSR - BSR basal skin resistance.
• BSR - BSR blood sedimentation rate.
• BSR - BSR bowel sounds regular.
• BSR - BSR brain stimulation reinforcement.
• BSR - BSR Buschke selective reminding (test).
• BSS - BSS Bachelor of Sanitary Science.
• BSS - BSS balanced salt solution.
• BSS - BSS Bernard-Soulier syndrome.
• BSS - BSS black silk suture.
• BSS - BSS British Scoliosis Society.
• BSS - BSS buffered salt solution.
• BSS - BSS buffered single substrate.
• BSSE - BSSE bile salt-stimulated esterase.
• BSSG - BSSG sitogluside.
• BSSH - BSSH British Society for Surgery of the Hand.
• BSSL - BSSL bile salt-stimulated lipase.
• BST - BST bacteriuria screening test.
• BST - BST blood serologic test.
• BST - BST brief stimulus therapy.
• BSTFA - BSTFA bis-trimethylsilyltrifluoroacetamide.
• BSU - BSU Bartholin Skene urethral (glands).
• BSU - BSU basic structural unit.
• BSU - BSU British standard unit.
• BSV - BSV binocular single vision.
• BT - BT bedtime.
• BT - BT bitemporal.
• BT - BT bitrochanteric.
• BT - BT bladder tumor.
• BT - BT Blalock-Taussig (shunt).
• BT - BT bleeding time.
• BT - BT blood type blood typing.
• BT - BT blue tetrazolium.
• BT - BT blue tongue.
• BT - BT body temperature.
• BT - BT borderline tuberculoid.
• BT - BT botulinum toxin.
• BT - BT bovine turbinate (cells).
• BT - BT brain tumor.
• BT - BT breast tumor.
• BT base of tongue. - BT base of tongue.
• Bt2cAMP - Bt2cAMP N6O2c- dibutyryladenosine 3c:5c-cyclic monophosphate a dibutyryl derivative of cAMP.
• BTA - BTA Blood Transfusion Association.
• BTB - BTB breakthrough bleeding.
• BTB - BTB bromthymol blue.
• BTBL - BTBL bromothymol blue lactose.
• BTC - BTC basal temperature chart.
• BTC - BTC biliary tract complication.
• BTC - BTC body temperature chart.
• BTCG - BTCG Brain Tumor Cooperative Group.
• BTD - BTD biliary tract disease.
• BTDS - BTDS benzoylthiamine disulfide.
• BTE - BTE behind the ear (hearing aid).
• BTE - BTE bovine thymus extract.
• BTFS - BTFS breast tumor frozen section.
• BTG - BTG beta-thromboglobulin.
• BTg - BTg bovine trypsinogen.
• BthU - BthU British thermal unit.
• BTL - BTL bilateral tubal ligation.
• BTLS - BTLS basic trauma life support.
• BTM - BTM benign tertian malaria.
• BTM - BTM blood temperature monitor.
• BTMSA - BTMSA bis-trimethylsilacetylene.
• BTP - BTP biliary tract pain.
• BTP - BTP biological treatment planning.
• BTPABA - BTPABA N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid.
• BTPS - BTPS at body temperature and ambient pressure and saturated with water vapor (gas).
• BTR - BTR Bezold-type reflex.
• BTR - BTR biceps tendon reflex.
• BTR - BTR biceps tendon reflex.
• BTr - BTr bovine trypsin.
• BTS - BTS blood transfusion service.
• BTS - BTS blue toe syndrome.
• BTS - BTS bradycardia-tachycaxdia syndrome.
• BTSG - BTSG Brain Tumor Study Group.
• bTSH bovine thyroid-stimulating hormone. - bTSH bovine thyroid-stimulating hormone.
• BTU - BTU British thermal unit.
• BTV - BTV blue tongue virus.
• BTW - BTW back to work.
• BTW - BTW by the way.
• BTx - BTx blood transfusion.
• BTX - BTX botulinum toxin.
• BTX - BTX brevetoxin.
• BTZ - BTZ benzothiazepine.
• BU - BU base of prism up.
• BU - BU Bethesda unit.
• BU - BU blood urea.
• BU - BU Bodansky unit.
• BU - BU bromouracil.
• BU - BU burn unit.
• BU - BU Buruli ulcer.
• Bu - Bu bushel.
• Bu - Bu butyl.
• BUA - BUA blood uric acid.
• BUA - BUA broadband ultrasonic attenuation.
• BUAS - BUAS Boston University Accutane Survey.
• Buc - Buc Bucc buccal.
• BUDR - BUDR bromodeoxyuridine.
• BUDS - BUDS bilateral upper dorsal sympathectomy.
• BUE - BUE both upper extremities.
• BUF - BUF buffalo (rat).
• BUG - BUG buccal ganglion.
• BUI - BUI brain uptake index.
• BULIT - BULIT bulimia test.
• BuMed - BuMed Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
• BUMP - BUMP behavioral regression or upset in hospitalized medical patients (scale).
• BUN - BUN blood urea nitrogen.
• BUN/CR - BUN/CR blood urea nitrogen/creatine ratio.
• BUO - BUO bleeding of undetermined origin bruising of undetermined origin.
• BUQ - BUQ both upper quadrants.
• UR bilateral ureteral occlusion. - BUR bilateral ureteral occlusion.
• BUS - BUS busulfan.
• BUS Bartholin - BUS Bartholin urethral and Skene glands.
• But - But but butyrate butyric.
• BV - BV bacitracin V.
• BV - BV bacterial vaginosis.
• BV - BV biological value.
• BV - BV blood vessel.
• BV - BV blood volume.
• BV - BV bronchovesicular.
• BVA - BVA Blind Veterans Association.
• BVA - BVA British Veterinary Association.
• BVAD - BVAD biventricular assist device.
• BVAS - BVAS Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (prognostic scoring systems).
• BVC - BVC British Veterinary Codex.
• BVD - BVD bovine viral diarrhea.
• BVD-MD - BVD-MD bovine viral diarrhea-mucosal disease.
• BVDT - BVDT brief vestibular disorientation test.
• BVDU - BVDU bromovinyldeoxyuridine.
• BVDV - BVDV bovine virus diarrhea virus.
• BVE - BVE binocular visual efficiency.
• BVE - BVE blood vessel endothelium.
• BVE - BVE blood volume expander.
• BVGHV - BVGHV Belgian Society of Medicine and Surgery of the Foot.
• BVH - BVH biventricular hypertrophy.
• BVI - BVI blood vessel invasion.
• BVL - BVL bilateral vas ligation.
• BVM - BVM bag-valve-mask.
• BVM - BVM bronchovascular markings.
• BVM - BVM Bureau of Veterinary Medicine.
• BVMGT - BVMGT Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test.
• BVMOT - BVMOT Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test.
• BVMS - BVMS Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Science.
• BVO - BVO branch vein occlusion.
• BVOT - BVOT Belgische Vereniging voor Orthopedie en Traumatologie.
• BVP - BVP blood vessel prosthesis.
• BVP - BVP blood volume pulse.
• BVP - BVP burst of ventricular pacing.
• BVR - BVR baboon virus replication.
• BVR - BVR bureau of vocational rehabilitation.
• BVS - BVS blanked ventricular sense.
• BVSc - BVSc Bachelor of Veterinary Science.
• BVU - BVU bromoisovalerylurea.
• BVV - BVV bovine vaginitis virus.
• BW - BW bacteriological warfare.
• BW - BW bed wetting.
• BW - BW below waist.
• BW - BW biological warfare.
• BW - BW biological weapon.
• BW - BW birth weight.
• BW - BW black woman.
• BW - BW bladder washout.
• BW - BW blood Wasserman (reaction).
• BW - BW body water.
• BW - BW body weight.
• BWD - BWD bacillary white diarrhea.
• BWFI - BWFI bacteriostatic water for injection.
• BWI - BWI birth weight.
• BWS - BWS battered woman (or wife) syndrome. disease (unstable comorbid disease) (mnemonic for gastro-intestinal hemorrhage).
• BWS - BWS Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
• BWST - BWST black widow spider toxin.
• BWSV - BWSV black widow spider venom.
• Bwt - Bwt body weight.
• BWYV - BWYV beet western yellow virus.
• BX - BX bx bacitracin X.
• BX - BX Bx biop. biopsy.
• BXO - BXO balanitis xerotica obliterans.
• ByCPR - ByCPR bystander cardiac pulmonary resuscitation.
• BYDV - BYDV barley yellow dwarf virus.
• BYE - BYE Barila-Yaguchi-Eveland (medium).
• BZ - BZ benzodiazepine.
• Bz - Bz Bzl benzoyl.
• BZD - BZD benzodiazepine.
• BZQ - BZQ benzquinamide.
• BZRP - BZRP benzodiazepine receptor peripheral (type).
• BZS - BZS Bannayan-Zonana syndrome.