List of medical abbreviations: B
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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Bx | biopsy | |
Ba | barium | |
BAC | blood alcohol content | |
BAD | Bipolar affective disorder | |
BADLs | Basic ADLs basic activities of daily living
| |
BAL | British anti-Lewisite
blood alcohol level | |
BAO | basic acid output
| |
BAT | brown adipose tissue | |
BAV | bicuspid aortic valve | |
BBA | bilateral breast augmentation | |
BBB | blood–brain barrier | |
BBB L | left bundle branch block | |
BBB R | right bundle branch block | |
BBPS | Boston Bowel Preparation Scale | |
BBT | basal body temperature | |
BC | Board certified
| |
BCC | basal cell carcinoma
blind carbon copy | |
BCG | bacille Calmette–Guérin (a tuberculosis vaccination)
| |
BCP | birth control pill | |
BCP | blood chemistry profile | |
BCX BCx |
blood culture | |
BDR | Background Diabetic Retinopathy | |
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 | |
BDS | two times a day (from Latin bis die sumendus) | |
BE | barium enema base excess | |
BEAM | A type of high-dose chemotherapy used to treat lymphoma prior to a stem cell transplant | |
BEP | bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (chemotherapy regimen) | |
BF | breastfeeding | |
BFP | bundle forming pilus | |
BG | blood glucose
| |
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 | |
BIS | Bispectral index | |
BiVAD | bilateral ventricular assist device (left and right) | |
BK | bradykinin | |
BKA | below-the-knee amputation
| |
b/l | bilateral | |
BL | Burkitt's lymphoma
| |
bl.cult | blood culture | |
bld | blood | |
BLE | Bilateral Lower Extremity (in/on both legs). | |
BLS | basic life support | |
BM | blood glucose (British medical colloquialism originating from Boehringer Mannheim, a manufacturer of early glucose meters, today a part of Boehringer Ingelheim .)
| |
BMBx | Bone marrow biopsy | |
BMC | bone mineral content | |
BMD | bone mineral density (also termed bone mass measurement)
| |
BMI | body mass index | |
BMP | basic metabolic panel | |
BMR | basal metabolic rate | |
BMS | Bare-metal stent | |
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) | |
BOLT | Bilateral Orthotopic Lung Transplant | |
BOM | bilateral otitis media | |
BOOP | bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
| |
BP | blood pressure British Pharmacopoeia | |
BPAD | bipolar affective disorder | |
BPCA | best pharmaceuticals for children act | |
BPD | ||
BPES | blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus inversus syndrome | |
BPH | benign prostatic hyperplasia/benign prostatic hypertrophy | |
BPM | beats per minute
| |
BPP | biophysical profile | |
BPPV | benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | |
BPSD | Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia | |
BR | bedrest
bathroom | |
BRA | bilateral renal agenesis | |
BRAT | The BRAT diet: bananas, rice, applesauce, toast (helps digestion in some GI disorders) | |
BRATY | another version of the BRAT diet: bananas, rice, applesauce, 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 | |
BRTO | Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration | |
BRVO | Branch retinal vein occlusion | |
BS | blood sugar
| |
BS x 4 quads | bowel signs in all 4 quadrants (also sometimes "BS + all 4 quads") | |
BSx | B-symptoms | |
BSA | body surface area bovine serum albumin | |
BSC | bedside commode | |
BSE | bovine spongiform encephalopathy breast self-examination | |
BSL | blood sugar level
| |
BSO | bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy | |
BSP | bromsulphthalein
| |
BSU | Bartholin, Skene and urethra (glands) | |
BT | bleeding time brachytherapy | |
BTB | breakthrough bleeding of menstrual period
| |
BTL | bilateral tubal ligation | |
BTP | breakthrough pain | |
BTT | bridge to transplantation | |
BUN | blood urea nitrogen | |
BV | bacterial vaginosis | |
BVM | bag valve mask (Ambu bag) | |
BVP | biventricular pacing (see artificial pacemaker) )
bleomycin, vincristine, and cisplatin (chemotherapy regimen | |
BW | blood work (blood tests) birth weight | |
BWS | Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
| |
Bx | biopsy | |
BZDs | benzodiazepines |