| b |
bacillus |
| |
back |
| |
blood |
| |
born |
| |
brother |
| B |
biceps jerk reflex |
| |
type B blood |
| B6, B12, etc |
vitamines B |
| BA |
Bachelor of Arts |
| |
Benefits Agency |
| Ba |
barium [repas baryté, lavement baryté] |
| BaE |
barium enema |
| BAER |
brainstem auditory evoked response [audiologie] |
| BAHA |
bone-anchored hearing aid |
| BAL |
bronchoalveolar lavage |
| |
British anti-Lewisite [dimercaprol]
|
| BALF |
bronchoalveolar lavage fluid |
| BALT |
bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue |
| BaM |
barium meal |
| BAMS |
Benefits Agency Medical Service |
| BAO |
Bachelor of the Art of Obstetrics |
| BAP |
bone-specific alkaline phosphatase |
| BARC |
Bleeding Academic Research Consortium [échelle de saignement : BARC 3, etc] |
| BASc |
Bachelor of Applied Science |
| baso |
basophils |
| BB |
bed bath |
| BBA |
born before arrival |
| BBB |
blood brain barrier |
| |
bundle branch block
|
| BBD |
baby born dead |
| BBT |
basal body temperature |
| |
bicuspid |
| |
birth control |
| |
bone conduction [audiologie]
|
| BCAA |
branched-chain amino acids |
| BCC |
basal cell carcinoma |
| B.Ch |
Bachelor of Surgery |
| B.ChD |
Bachelor of Dental Surgery |
| B.Chir |
Bachelor of Surgery |
| b-c |
bone conduction [audiologie] |
| BCG |
BCG [vaccin bacille Calmette-Guérin] |
| BCNU |
bis-chloroethylnitrosourea [carmustine] |
| BCR |
British Comparative Ratio |
| BCS |
battered child syndrome |
| BCT |
British Comparative Thromboplastin |
| bd |
both |
| b.d. |
bis die [twice daily] |
| bis die |
bis die [twice daily] |
| BDS |
Bachelor of Dental Surgery |
| BDL |
below detectable limits |
| BE |
bacterial endocarditis |
| |
barium enema |
| |
base excess |
| |
behind-the-ear [aide auditive] |
| |
below elbow |
| BEAM |
brain electrical activity mapping |
| BAI |
Beck Anxiety Inventory |
| BEE |
basal energy expenditure |
| bene |
well |
| benzos |
benzodiazepines |
| BER |
brainstem evoked response [audiologie] |
| BERA |
brainstem evoked response audiogram |
| bf |
boyfriend |
| BFGF |
basic fibroblast growth factor |
| BFZ |
bendroflumethiazide |
| BhCG |
beta human chorionic gonadotropin |
| Bi |
biceps |
| BID |
brought into hospital dead |
| b.i.d. |
bis in die [deux fois par jour] |
| Bil |
bilirubin |
| bilat |
bilateral |
| BIO |
biochemistry |
| |
biofeedback |
| BiPAP |
biphasic positive airway pressure |
| BiPP |
biphasic positive airway pressure |
| BIPP |
bismuth+iodoform+paraffin [pâte antiseptique pour pansement] |
| BJ |
biceps jerk reflex |
| |
bone & joint |
| BK |
below knee |
| BKA |
below knee amputation |
| BKB |
Bamford-Kowal-Bench [audiologie] |
| BKWP |
below knee walking plaster |
| B/L |
bilateral |
| blad |
bladder |
| blast |
blastocytes |
| bld |
blood |
| BLS |
basic life support |
| BM |
Bachelor of Medicine |
| |
Boehringer Mannheim [bandelettes de test de glycémie] |
| |
bone marrow |
| |
bowel movement |
| BMA |
British Medical Association |
| BMD |
bone mineral density |
| BMW |
benign myalgic encephalomyelitis |
| BMedSc |
Bachelor of Medical Science |
| BMI |
body mass index |
| BMJ |
British Medical Journal |
| BMLD |
binaural masking level difference [audiologie] |
| BMR |
basal metabolic rate |
| BM stix |
Boehringer Mannheim strips [bandelettes de test de glycémie] |
| BMT |
bone marrow transplant |
| BN |
Bachelor of Nursing |
| BNF |
British National Formulary |
| BNO |
bowels not opened |
| BOA |
born on arrival |
| BO |
bowels opened |
| BOR |
bowels open regularly |
| BOW |
bag of waters [sac amniotique] |
| BP |
blood pressure |
| |
British Pharmacopoeia
|
| b.p. |
boiling point |
| BPC |
British Pharmaceutical Codex |
| BPd |
diastolic blood pressure |
| BPD |
biparietal diameter |
| |
bipolar diathermy |
| |
borderline personality disorder |
| |
bronchopulmonary dysplasia |
| BPH |
benign prostatic hypertrophy |
| BPharm |
Bachelor of Pharmacy |
| bpm |
beats per minute |
| BPP |
biophysical profile |
| BPPV |
benign paroxysmal positional vertigo |
| BPS |
British Psychological Society |
| BPSD |
behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia |
| BPV |
benign postural vertigo |
| Bq |
Becquerel |
| BR |
bed rest |
| BRCS |
British Red Cross Society |
| BRh+ve |
Type B blood, rhesus positive |
| BRI |
Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bristol Royal Infirmary, etc |
| BRV |
benign recurrent vertigo |
| BS |
backslab (plâtre) |
| |
blood sugar
|
| |
bowel sounds |
| |
breath sounds |
| BSA |
body surface area |
| BSC |
bacterial stool culture |
| |
basal squamous carcinoma |
| |
best supportive care |
| |
blood stem cell |
| BSc |
Bachelor of Science |
| BSChB |
Bachelor of Surgery |
| BSc(Nurs) |
Bachelor of Nursing Science |
| BSE |
bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| |
breast self-examination |
| BSER |
brain stem evoked response [audiologie] |
| BSL |
blood sugar load |
| BSN |
Bachelor of Science in Nursing |
| BSO |
bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy |
| BSP |
bromsulphthalein |
| BSR |
blood sedimentation rate |
| BSS |
blood sugar series |
| BSV |
breath sounds vesicular |
| BT |
bed-time |
| |
bleeding time |
| |
brain tumour |
| |
breast tumour |
| BTBV |
beat to beat variation |
| BTFS |
breast tumour frozen section |
| BTL |
bilateral tubal ligation |
| BTPS |
body temperature and pressure |
| BU |
Bodansky unit |
| |
Burns Unit |
| BuChE |
butyrylcholinesterase |
| BUN |
blood urea nitrogen |
| BV |
blood vessel |
| |
blood volume |
| BVI |
blood vessel invasion |
| BVL |
bilateral vas ligation |
| BW |
below the waist |
| |
body water |
| |
body weight |
| |
body-worn [aide auditive]
|
| BWO |
bowels well open |
| BWS |
battered woman syndrome |
| Bx |
biopsy |
| BZ |
benzodiazepine |
