Medical Abbreviations Starting With "B"
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| Medical Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| b | bath |
| b | behavior |
| b | brother |
| b bassiana | beauveria bassiana |
| b beaveri | brugia beaveri |
| b burgdorferi | borrelia burgdorferi |
| b crocidurae | borrelia crocidurae |
| b k amputation | below knee amputation |
| b pahangi | brugia pahangi |
| b-2m | beta 2 microglobulin |
| B-cell | B cell |
| b-cll | b cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
| b-lph | beta lipotrophic hormone |
| b/k | below knee |
| B/O | Because of |
| b/p | blood pressure |
| b&b | bronchoscopy and biopsy |
| b&c | biopsy and cauterization |
| b&w | baldy webster suspension |
| b1 | bilroth 1 |
| b1 | breast stage 1 |
| b12 | cyanocobalamin |
| b2 | bilroth 2 |
| b2 | ebv receptor |
| b2 m | beta2 microglobulin |
| b2-glob | beta 2 microglobulin |
| ba | backache |
| Ba | Barium |
| ba | basilar artery |
| ba | betamethasone acetate |
| ba | bile acid |
| ba | biliary atresia |
| ba | blocking antibody |
| ba | bone age |
| ba | boric acid |
| ba | brachial artery |
| ba | bronchial asthma |
| BAAPS | British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons |
| bab | babinski sign |
| bab | behaviour assessment battery |
| bac | bacterial artificial chromosome |
| BAC | Blood alcohol content |
| BAC | bronchioloalveolar carcinoma |
| baco | bleomycin, adriamycin, ccnu, oncovin |
| bacod | bleomycin, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, oncovin, dexamethasone |
| bacon | bleomycin, adriamycin, ccnu, oncovin, nitrogen mustard |
| bacop | bleomycin, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, oncovin, prednisone |
| bact | bacteriology |
| bact | bleomycin, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, tamoxifen |
| bactec | bactenecin |
| badl | brief activities of daily living |
| bae | barium enema |
| baee | benzoylarginine ethyl ester |
| baep | brainstem auditory evoked potential |
| baer | brainstem auditory evoked response |
| baha | bone anchor hearing aid |
| BAL | Blood alcohol level |
| BAL | British anti-Lewisite |
| BAL | Bronchoalveolar lavage |
| bal | dimercaprol |
| balf | bronchoalveolar lavage fluid |
| balt | bronchus associated lymphoid tissue |
| bamon | bleomycin, adriamycin, methotrexate, oncovin, nitrogen mustard |
| BAN | Bachelor of Arts in Nursing |
| bana | benzoylarginine 2 naphthylamide |
| banf | bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis |
| bao | basal gastric acid output |
| BAO | Basic acid output |
| bap | bleomycin, adriamycin, prednisone |
| bapa | benzoylarginine nitroanilide |
| bapp | bleomycin, doxorubicin, cisplatin, prednisone |
| barb | barbiturate |
| barbital | phenobarbital |
| barn | bilateral acute retinal necrosis |
| bas | balloon atrial septostomy |
| baso | basophil |
| BAT | Brown adipose tissue |
| bavip | bleomycin, adriamycin, vinblastine, imidazole carboxamide, prednisone |
| bawo | bilateral antrl washout |
| bax | a homolog of bcl2 |
| bb | bronchial breathing |
| bb | bundle branch |
| BBA | Balanced Budget Act of 1997 |
| bba | born before arrival |
| BBB | Blood brain barrier |
| bbb | bundle branch block |
| BBB L | Left bundle branch block |
| BBB R | Right bundle branch block |
| bbgk | stated that chromosomes 4 and 7 each seem to have copies of the bb1/g25k |
| BBMF | "Bone break, me fix" (orthopedic consent form) |
| bbow | bulging bag of waters |
| bbprl | big big prolactin |
| BBRA | Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 |
| BBS | Bashful Bladder Syndrome (see Paruresis) |
| bbs | bilateral breath sounds |
| bbs | bulletin board service |
| bbt | basal body temperature |
| bbvp | bcnu, bleomycin, vepesid, prednisone, methotrexate |
| BC | Blood culture |
| BC | Bone conduction |
| bc | breast cancer |
| bc | breathing control |
| bc | bronchogenic carcinoma |
| bca | basal cell atypia |
| BCA | Blue Cross Association |
| bcaa | branched chain amino acid |
| bcam | b cell adhesion molecule |
| bcap | bcnu, cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, prednisone |
| bcas | breast carcinoma amplified sequence |
| bcat | branched chain aminotransferase |
| bcav | bleomycin, ccnu, adriamycin, velban |
| BCBSA | Blue Cross Blue Shield Association |
| BCC | Basal cell carcinoma |
| BCC | Blind carbon copy |
| bcca | basal cell carcinoma |
| bccp | biotin carboxyl carrier protein |
| bcd | bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, dactinomycin |
| bcdf | b cell differentiation factor |
| bcds | breast cancer, ductal, suppressor |
| bce | basal cell epithelioma |
| bcei | breast cancer estrogen inducible sequence |
| bceop | benign childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms |
| BCG | Bacillus Calmette-Guérin |
| bcg | ballistocardiogram |
| bcg | bromocresol green |
| bch | basal cell hyperplasia |
| bch | chorea, hereditary benign |
| bche | butyrylcholinesterase |
| bcie | bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma |
| bckd | branched chain alpha ketoacid dehydrogenase deficiency |
| bcmf | bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, fluorouracil |
| bcns | basal cell nevus syndrome |
| bcnu | bis chloroethyl nitrosourea |
| bcop | bcnu, cyclophosphamide, oncovin, prednisone |
| bcp | basal cell papilloma |
| bcp | bcnu, cyclophosphamide, prednisone |
| BCP | Birth control pill |
| bcpm | benign chronic pemphigus |
| bcr | breakpoint cluster region |
| bcr | bulbocavernosus reflex |
| bcs | battered child syndrome |
| bcs | breast conservation surgery |
| bcs | budd chiari syndrome |
| bct | basophil challenge test |
| bcvp | bcnu, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone |
| bcvpb | bcnu, cyclophosphamide, vinblastine, procarbazine, bleomycin |
| bcvpp | bcnu, cyclophosphamide, vinblastine, procarbazine, prednisone |
| bcvpp | carmustine cyclophosphamide prednisone procarbazine vinblastine |
| BCX | Blood culture |
| bd | band |
| bd | barbiturate dependence |
| bd | base deficit |
| bd | basophilic degeneration |
| bd | batten's disease |
| bd | behcet's disease |
| bd | belladonna |
| bd | bile duct |
| BD | Binswanger's disease |
| BD | Bipolar disorder |
| bd | black death |
| bd | blood donor |
| bd | bowel dysfunction |
| bd | bowen disease |
| bd | brain damage |
| bd | brain death |
| bd | bronchodilator |
| BD | Twice a day (from Latin bis in die) |
| bdae | boston diagnostic aphasia examination |
| bdc | burn dressing change |
| bdcs | bazex dupre christol syndrome |
| BDD | Body dysmorphic disorder |
| bdg | batten's disease gene |
| BDI | Beck Depression Inventory |
| bdma | benzyldimethylamine |
| bdmf | bone dysplasia with medullary fibrosarcoma |
| bdmr | brachydactyly mental retardation syndrome |
| bdp | beclomethasone dipropionate |
| bdp | benzodiazepine |
| bdp | bronchopulmonary dysplasia |
| bdr | background diabetic retinopathy |
| bdrs | blessed dementia rating scale |
| bdrs | brief depression rating scale |
| bds | blackfan diamond syndrome |
| bdz | benzodiazepine |
| be | bacterial endocarditis |
| BE | Barium enema |
| BE | Base excess |
| be | below elbow |
| bea | below elbow amputation |
| beac | bcnu, etoposide, ara c, cyclophosphamide |
| beam | bcnu, etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan |
| BEB | Benign essential blepharospasm |
| bec | before exam completed |
| bed | bornholm eye disease |
| bee | basal energy expenditure |
| beh | behavior |
| BEH | Behaviorally/Emotionally Handicapped |
| beh | benign essential hypertension |
| behav | behavioral |
| bel | blood ethanol level |
| bel | bromoenol lactone |
| bemp | bleomycin, eldisine, mitomycin, platinol |
| ben | balkan endemic nephropathy |
| beo | both eyes open |
| bep | benign enlargement of prostate |
| bep | bleomycin, etoposide, platinol |
| bepop | application of below elbow plaster of paris |
| ber | berbamine |
| ber | berberine |
| best | bedside evaluation and screening test of aphasia |
| beta msh | beta melanocyte stimulating hormone |
| beta tgdr | beta thioguanine deoxyriboside |
| bf | black female |
| bf | blastogenic factor |
| bf | breast fed |
| bf | breast feeding |
| bf | lymphocyte mitogenic factor |
| bfgf | basic fibroblast growth factor |
| bfic | benign familial infantile convulsions |
| bfl | bird fanciers lung |
| bfnc | benign familial neonatal convulsions |
| bfp | biological false positive |
| BFP | Bundle forming pilus |
| bfu | burst forming unit |
| bg | basal ganglia |
| bg | basal ganglion |
| bg | bender gestalt test |
| bg | beta galactosidase |
| bg | beta glucuronidase |
| bg | birbeck granule |
| bg | bite guard |
| bg | blood gases |
| bg | blood glucose |
| bg | bone graft |
| bg | brilliant green |
| bg | bronchocentric granulomatosis |
| bga | blood gas analysis |
| BGAT | Blood Glucose Awareness Training (to help patients with diabetic hypoglycemia) |
| bgci | basal ganglia calcification, idiopathic |
| bgh | bovine growth hormone |
| bgl | bartholin's gland |
| BGL | Blood glucose level |
| bgp | blood group |
| bgp | bone gla protein |
| bgpa | biliary glycoprotein a |
| bgs | baller gerold syndrome |
| bgus | biclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance |
| BH | Behaviorally Handicapped |
| bh | birth history |
| bh | breathholding |
| bh | bronchial hyperreactivity |
| bha | butylated hydroxyanisole |
| bhcg | beta human chorionic gonadotropin |
| bhd | bcnu hydroxyurea dacarbazine |
| bhd | birt hogg dube syndrome |
| bhdv | bcnu, hydroxyurea, dacarbazine, vincristine |
| bhf | bolivian hemorrhagic fever |
| bhl | bilateral hilar lymph node |
| bhr | bronchial hyperreactivity |
| bht | blunt head trauma |
| bht | breath hydrogen test |
| bht | butylated hydroxytoluene |
| bhtt | bielschowsky head tilt |
| bi | barthel index |
| bi | basilar impression |
| bi | bismuth |
| bi | bone injury |
| bi | brain injury |
| bi | gingival bleeding index |
| BIB | Brought in by |
| BIBA | Brought in by ambulance |
| bic | biceps |
| bid | bis in diem |
| bid | brought in dead |
| BID; bid; b.i.d. | Twice a day (from Latin bis in die) |
| bie | bullous ichthyosiform erythroderma |
| bih | benign intracranial hypertension |
| bih | bilateral inguinal hernia |
| bil | bilateral |
| bil bs | bilateral breath sounds |
| bilat | bilateral |
| Bilat eq | Bilaterally equal |
| bili | bilirubin |
| bili t/d | bilirubin, total and direct |
| bima | bilateral internal mammary artery |
| bin | twice a night |
| bio | biology |
| biol | biologic |
| biol | biological |
| biol | biologist |
| biol | biology |
| biotech | biotechnology |
| bip | bleomycin, ifosfamide, platinol |
| bip | bronchiolitis obliterans with usual interstitial pneumonitis |
| BiPAP | Bilevel positive airway pressure |
| bipg | billroth i partial gastrectomy |
| bipp | bismuth iodoform paraffin paste |
| bit | behavioral inattention test |
| BiVAD | Bilateral ventricular assist device (left and right) |
| biw | twice weekly |
| bj | bence jones |
| bj | biceps reflex |
| bjm | bones, joints, and muscles |
| bjp | bence jones protein |
| bk | back |
| bk | band keratopathy |
| bk | below knee |
| bk | black |
| BK | Bradykinin |
| bk | bullous keratopathy |
| BKA | Below-the-knee amputation |
| bkbpr | bamford kowal and bench picture related |
| bkpnpr | bamford kowal and bench non picture related |
| bkv | bk virus |
| bl | bladder |
| bl | blood |
| bl | borderline leprosy |
| bl | bucolingual |
| bl | burkitt's lymphoma |
| bl cult | blood culture |
| bl.cult | Blood culture |
| blades | bristol language assessment scales |
| bld | Blood |
| blel | benign lymphoepithelial lesion |
| bleo | bleomycin |
| bleo-comf | bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, oncovin, methotrexate, fluorouracil |
| bleo-mopp | bleomycin, nitrogen mustard, oncovin, procarbazine, prednisone |
| blitz | monoclonal antibodies |
| blm | bleomycin |
| blm | bleomycin sulfate |
| blobs | binary large objects |
| bls | bare lymphocyte syndrome |
| BLS | Basic life support |
| blt | bleeding time |
| blv | blood volume |
| bm | bacterial meningitis |
| bm | basal metabolism |
| bm | basilar membrane |
| bm | black male |
| bm | bone marrow |
| BM | Bowel movement |
| bm | breast milk |
| bma | benzylmercapturic acid |
| bma | bone marrow aspiration |
| BMA | British Medical Association |
| bmast | brief michigan alcoholism screening test |
| bmc | bone marrow cell |
| BMC | Bone mineral content |
| bmcp | brain mitochondrial carrier protein |
| BMD | Becker's muscular dystrophy |
| bmd | best macular dystrophy |
| BMD | Bone mineral density |
| bmhp | bromomercurihydroxypropane |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| bmj | breast milk jaundice |
| bmld | binaural masking level difference test |
| BMP | Basic metabolic panel |
| bmp | bcnu, methotrexate, procarbazine |
| bmp | bone morphogenetic protein |
| bmpg | bone marrow proteoglycan |
| BMR | Basal metabolic rate |
| bms | burning mouth syndrome |
| BMT | Bone marrow transplantation |
| bmz | basement membrane zone |
| bn | bladder neck |
| bn | bulimia nervosa |
| bnab | ladder neck adhesions |
| bncf | both toenails cut and filed |
| bnd | both toenails drilled |
| bnec | bladder neck electric conductance test |
| BNF | British National Formulary |
| bnhl | bcell non hodgkin's lymphoma |
| bni | bladder neck incision male |
| bnl | brookhaven national laboratory |
| bno | bladder neck obstruction |
| BNO | Bowel not open |
| bnp | bladder non palpable |
| BNP | Brain natriuretic peptide |
| bns | bladder neck stenosis |
| bo | bacterioopsin |
| bo | barrett's esophagus |
| bo | benzene oxide |
| bo | bilirubin oxidase |
| bo | blackout |
| bo | blighted ovum |
| bo | body odor |
| bo | bosentan |
| bo | bowel obstruction |
| BO | Bowel open |
| bo | bronchiolitis obliterans |
| bo | bubble oxygenator |
| boa | behavioral observation audiometry |
| BOA | Born out of asepsis |
| boap | bleomycin, oncovin, adriamycin, prednisone |
| boca | brown oculocutaneous albinism |
| bof | branchiooculofacial syndrome |
| bof | broncho esophageal fistula |
| bofs | branchiooculofacial syndrome |
| BOI | Born on island (i.e., a local patient) |
| bold | bleomycin, oncovin, lomustine, dacarbazine |
| BOM | Bilateral otitis media |
| boma | otitis media, both ears, acute |
| bomp | bleomycin, oncovin, matulane, prednisone |
| bomsa | bilateral otitis media serous acute |
| bomsc | bilateral otitis media serous chronic |
| bonp | bleomycin, oncovin, natulan, prednisolone |
| boo | bladder outflow obstruction |
| BOOP | Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia |
| bop | bcnu, oncovin, prednisone |
| bop | bleeding on probing |
| bop | bleomycin, oncovin, platinol |
| bopam | bleomycin, oncovin, prednisone, adriamycin, mechlorethamine, methotrexate |
| bopp | bcnu, oncovin, procarbazine, prednisone |
| borb | birmingham object recognition battery |
| bos | base of skull |
| bos | behavioral observation schedule |
| botox | botulin toxin |
| bov | bleeding esophageal varices |
| bow | bag of water |
| box | bowels opened times |
| bp | base pair |
| BP | Bipolar disorder |
| BP | Blood pressure |
| bp | boiling point |
| BP | British Pharmacopoeia |
| bp | bullous pemphigoid |
| bp&tpr | monitoring of blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate and respiratory rate |
| bp+ | hypertension |
| BPAD | Bipolar affective disorder |
| bpcq | beliefs about pain control questionnaire |
| BPD | Biparietal diameter |
| bpd | bipolar disorder |
| BPD | Borderline personality disorder |
| BPD | Bronchopulmonary dysplasia |
| bpes | blepharophimosis, ptosis, and epicanthus inversus |
| bpf | brazilian purpuric fever |
| bpf | bronchopleural fistula |
| BPH | Benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| BPHC | Bureau of Primary Health Care |
| bpig | bacterial polysaccharide immune globulin |
| BPM | Beats per minute |
| bpm | breaths per minute |
| bpm | brompheniramine maleate |
| bpn | brachial plexus neuropathy |
| bpnh | bilateral periventricular nodular heterotopia |
| bpo | benzoyl peroxide |
| bpp | biophysical profile |
| bpptl | bilateral postpartum tubal ligation |
| BPPV | Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo |
| bprl | big prolactin |
| bprs | brief psychiatric rating scale |
| bps | bronchopulmonary segment |
| bpt | bronchial provocation test |
| bpv | benign positional vertigo |
| bq | becquerel |
| BR | Bathroom |
| BR | Bedrest |
| br | bedroom |
| br | birthing room |
| br | brachioradialis |
| br | breast |
| br | breathing rate |
| br | breech presentation |
| br | british |
| br | bromine |
| br | brother |
| br ca | breast cancer |
| BRA | Bilateral renal agenesis |
| bra | bite raising appliance |
| bra | brain |
| brach | brachial |
| brao | branch retinal artery occlusion |
| brap | brca1 associated protein |
| 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 |
| brbx | breast biopsy |
| brca | breast cancer gene |
| 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) |
| brd | bilateral renal dysplasia |
| brdu | bromodeoxyuridine |
| brdurd | bromodeoxyuridine |
| brf | breast feeding |
| BRFSS | Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| brhibo | bromohomoibotenate |
| bric | benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis |
| brk | breast tumor kinase |
| brm | biological response modifier |
| bronch | bronchial |
| bronch | bronchoscopy |
| broncho | bronchoscopy |
| BRP | Bathroom privileges |
| brvo | branch retinal vein occlusion |
| brvt | branch retinal vein thrombosis |
| bs | barium swallow |
| bs | blood glucose level |
| bs | blood smear |
| BS | Blood sugar |
| BS | Bloom syndrome |
| bs | bowel sounds |
| BS | Bowel sounds on auscultation with stethoscope |
| BS | Breath |
| BS | Breath sound |
| bs/scf | biological sequence/structure computational facility |
| BSA | Body surface area |
| bsa | bovine serum albumin |
| bsaep | brainstem auditory evoked potential |
| bsap | brief, small, abundant potentials |
| bsapp | brief, small, abundant, polyphasic potentials |
| bsb | bedside bag |
| BSC | Bedside commode |
| bsco | bilateral subcapsular orchidectomy |
| bscs | biological sciences curriculum study |
| bsd | bedside drainage |
| BSE | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| BSE | Breast self-examination |
| bse | mad cow disease |
| bsep | brainstem evoked potential |
| bser | brainstem electric response |
| bsera | brainstem evoked response audiogram |
| bsf | benign senescent forgetfulness |
| bsipss | bilateral simultaneous inferior petrosal sinus sampling |
| BSL | Blood sugar level |
| bso | bilateral salpingo oophorectomy |
| bso | bilateral subcapsular orchidectomy |
| bso | buthionine sulfoximine |
| bsp | bone sialoprotein |
| BSP | Bromsulphthalein |
| bsq | behavioral screening questionnaire |
| bsq | bussuquara fever |
| bss | balanced salt solution |
| BSS | Brown-Sequard syndrome |
| bst | blood serologic test |
| bst | bovine somatotropin |
| bsts | bereweeke skill teaching system checklist |
| bsu | bartholin's, skene's, urethra |
| bsv | binocular single vision |
| bt | base of tongue |
| bt | bcnu, triazinate |
| bt | bedtime |
| bt | benign tertian malaria |
| bt | bitemporal |
| bt | bladder training |
| bt | blalock taussig shunt |
| BT | Bleeding time |
| bt | blood transfusion |
| bt | blood type |
| bt | blue tongue |
| bt | body temperature |
| bt | botulin toxin |
| bt | bowel tones |
| bt | brain tumor |
| bt | breakthrough |
| bt | breast tumor |
| bt | broken tooth |
| btcd | binding to curved dna |
| btk | bruton's tyrosine kinase |
| BTL | Bilateral tubal ligation |
| btm | benign tertian malaria |
| btnf | both toenails filed |
| btp | biotechnology training programs |
| BTP | Breakthrough pain |
| bts | blalock taussig shunt |
| btu | british thermal unit |
| btw | by the way |
| bu | bethesda unit |
| bu | bilirubin |
| bu | busulfan |
| bulit | bulimia test |
| BUN | Blood urea nitrogen |
| bus | busulfan |
| BV | Bacterial vaginosis |
| bv | binocular vision |
| bv | blood vessel |
| bv | blood volume |
| bva | binocular visual acuity |
| bvap | bcnu, vincristine, adriamycin, prednisone |
| bvcpp | bcnu, vinblastine, cyclophosphamide, procarbazine, prednisone |
| bvd | back vertex distance |
| bvd | bcnu, vincristine, dacarbazine |
| bvds | bleomycin, velban, doxorubicin, streptozocin |
| bvl | bilateral vas ligation |
| bvm | bag valve mask |
| bvm | bag ventilator mask |
| BVP | Biventricular pacing (see artificial pacemaker) |
| bvpp | bcnu, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone |
| bvrt | benton visual behavior test |
| bw | birth weight |
| BW | Blood Work (Blood tests) |
| bw | body weight |
| bw | dental bitewing x ray |
| bwcr | beckwith wiedemann syndrome chromosome region |
| bwd | backward |
| bwo | bladder washout |
| bws | beckwith wiedemann syndrome |
| Bx | Biopsy |
| bxcx | biopsy of cervix |
| bxo | balanitis xerotica obliterans |
| bylitc | butenylisothiocyanate |
| bzd | benzodiazepine |
| BZDs | benzodiazepines |
| bzs | bannayan zonana syndrome |
| bzt | bendrofluazide |
| bzx | bazex syndrome |