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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.

BUR 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.

Abbreviations - B