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| Abbrev. | Meaning |
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| Bx | biopsy |
| Ba | barium |
| BAC | blood alcohol content |
| BAL | bronchoalveolar lavage British anti-Lewisite blood alcohol level |
| BAO | basic acid output |
| BAT | brown adipose tissue |
| BBA | bilateral breast augmentation |
| BBB | blood–brain barrier |
| BBB L | left bundle branch block |
| BBB R | right bundle branch block |
| BC | bone conduction blood culture |
| BCC | basal cell carcinoma blind carbon copy |
| BCG | bacille Calmette-Guerin (a tuberculosis vaccination) |
| BCP | birth control pill |
| BCX BCx |
blood culture |
| BBMF | "bone break, me fix" (orthopedic consent form) |
| BD | bipolar disorder twice a day (from Latin bis in die) |
| BDD | body dysmorphic disorder |
| BDI | Beck Depression Inventory |
| BE | barium enema base excess |
| BFP | bundle forming pilus |
| BGAT | blood glucose awareness training (to help patients with diabetic hypoglycemia) |
| BGL | blood glucose level |
| BIB | brought in by |
| BIBA | brought in by ambulance |
| BID bid b.i.d. |
twice a day (from Latin bis in die) |
| Bilat eq | bilaterally equal |
| BiPAP | bilevel positive airway pressure |
| BiVAD | bilateral ventricular assist device (left and right) |
| BK | bradykinin |
| BKA | below-the-knee amputation |
| bl.cult | blood culture |
| bld | blood |
| BLS | basic life support |
| BM | bowel movement |
| BMC | bone mineral content |
| BMD | bone mineral density (also termed bone mass measurement) |
| BMI | body mass index |
| BMP | blood metabolic profile |
| BMR | basal metabolic rate |
| BMT | bone marrow transplantation |
| BNO | bowel not open |
| BNP | brain natriuretic peptide |
| BO | bowel open |
| B/O | because of |
| BOA | born out of asepsis |
| BOI | born on island (i.e., a local patient) |
| BOM | bilateral otitis media |
| BOOP | bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia |
| BP | blood pressure bipolar disorder British Pharmacopoeia |
| BPAD | bipolar affective disorder |
| BPD | biparietal diameter borderline personality disorder bronchopulmonary dysplasia |
| BPH | benign prostatic hyperplasia aka benign prostatic hypertrophy |
| BPM | beats per minute |
| BPPV | benign paroxysmal positional vertigo |
| BR | bedrest bathroom |
| BRA | bilateral renal agenesis |
| BRAT | The BRAT diet: bananas, rice, applesauce, (dry) toast (helps digestion in some GI disorders) |
| BRATY | another version of the BRAT diet: bananas, rice, applesauce, (dry) toast, yogurt (helps digestion in some GI disorders) |
| BRB | bright red blood (color is important as an indicator of source, for example in gastrointestinal bleeding) |
| BRBPR | bright red blood per rectum |
| BRCA1 (gene) BRCA1 (protein) |
breast cancer 1 (a human gene and its protein) |
| BRCA2 (gene) BRCA2 (protein) |
breast cancer 2 (a human gene and its protein) |
| BRP | bathroom privileges |
| BS | breath breath sound bowel sounds on auscultation with stethoscope blood sugar |
| BSA | body surface area |
| BSC | bedside commode |
| BSE | bovine spongiform encephalopathy breast self-examination |
| BSL | blood sugar level |
| BSP | bromsulphthalein |
| BT | bleeding time |
| BTL | bilateral tubal ligation |
| BTP | breakthrough pain |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| BV | bacterial vaginosis |
| BVP | biventricular pacing (see artificial pacemaker) |
| BW | blood work (blood tests) |
| Bx | biopsy |
| BZDs | benzodiazepines |
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