Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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BCFP breast cyst fluid protein
BCG bacille Calmette-Guerin [vaccine]; ballistocardiography, ballistocardiogram; bicolor guaiac test; bromcresol green
BCGF B-cell growth factor
BCGM bi-conjugate gradient method
BCH basal cell hyperplasia
BCh Bachelor of Surgery [Lat. Baccalaureus Chirurgiae]
BChD Bachelor of Dental Surgery
BCHE butyrylcholinesterase
BChir Bachelor of Surgery [Lat. Baccalaureus Chirurgiae]
Bchl, bChl bacterial chlorophyll
BCHS Bureau of Community Health Services
BCI behavioral cues index; brain-computer interface
BCIA Biomedical Clinical Instrumentation Association
BCIP 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-inodolyl phosphate
BCIRG Breast Cancer International Research Group
BCIS British Cardiovascular Intervention Society
BCKA branched-chain keto acid
BCKD branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase
BCL basic cycle length; B-cell leukemia/lymphoma
BCLD B-cell lymphoproliferative disease
BCLL B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
BCLM below critical length material
BCLP bilateral cleft of lip and palate
BCLS basic cardiac life support
BCM B-cell maturation; beclomethasone; birth control medication; blood-clotting mechanism; body cell mass; body control and movement
BCME bis-chloromethyl ether
BCMF B-cell maturation factor
BCMNV bean common mosaic necrosis virus
BCMS Bioethic Citation Maintenance System
BCN basal cell nevus; bilateral cortical necrosis; breast care nursing
BCNS basal cell nevus syndrome
BCNU 1,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea
BCO biliary cholesterol output
BCOC bowel care of choice
BCoV bovine coronavirus
BCP basic calcium phosphate; birth control pill; blue cone pigment; Blue Cross Plan; bromcresol purple
BCPD bromcresol purple deoxylate
BCPR bystander Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
BCPT Breast Cancer Prevention Trial
BCPV bovine cutaneous papillomavirus
BCQ breast cancer questionnaire
BCR B-cell reactivity; birth control regimen; breakpoint cluster region; bromocriptine; bulbocavernosus reflex
bcr breakpoint cluster region
BCRS brief cognitive rating scale
BCRx birth control drug
BCS battered child syndrome; blood cell separator; bovine calf serum; breast cancer screening; British Cardiac Society; Budd-Chiari syndrome
BCSFB blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
BCSI breast cancer screening indicator
BCSP Bavarian Cholesterol Screening Project
BCT brachiocephalic trunk; branched-chain amino acid transferase; breast conservation therapy
BCTF Breast Cancer Task Force
BCtg bovine chymotrypsinogen
BCtr bovine chymotrypsin
BCTV beet curly top virus
BCV Batu Cave virus; beet cryptic virus; between class variance; blue crab virus; Bunyip Creek virus
BCVA best corrected visual acuity
BCVd blister canker viroid
BCW biological and chemical warfare
BCYE buffered charcoal-yeast extract [agar]
BD barbital-dependent; barbiturate dependence; base deficit; base of prism down; basophilic degeneration; Batten disease; behavioral disorder; Behcet disease; belladonna; below diaphragm; Bessel distribution; bicarbonate dialysis; bile duct; binding domain; binocular deprivation; birth date; black death; bladder drainage; block design [test]; blood donor; blue diaper [syndrome]; borderline dull; bound; brain damage; brain dead, brain death; Briquet disorder; bronchodilation, bronchodilator; buccodistal; Byler disease
B-D Becton-Dickinson
Bd board; buoyant density
bd band; bundle
BDA balloon dilation angioplasty; British Dental Association
BDAC Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
BDAE Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination
BDAV Bandia virus
BDC Bazex-Dupre-Christol [syndrome]; burn-dressing change
BDE balanced differential expression [microarray analysis]; bile duct examination
BDentSci Bachelor of Dental Science
BDG buccal developmental groove; buffered desoxycholate glucose
BDGF brain-derived growth factor
BDHI Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory
BDI Beck Depression Inventory
BDIP biomedical digital image processing
BDIS Becton-Dickinson immunocytometry system; Birth Defects Information Service
BDL behaviors of daily living; below detectable limits; bile duct ligation
BDLS Brachmann-de Lange syndrome
BDM Becker's muscular dystrophy; border detection method; 2,3-butanedione 2-monoxime
BDMS Bureau of Data Management Strategy [Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)]
BDMV bean dwarf mosaic virus
bDNA branched deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA]
BDNF brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BDO battle dress overgarment
BDOH broad determinants of health
BDP beclomethasone dipropionate; benzodiazepine; bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis; Biological Department, Porton [UK]; bronchopulmonary dysplasia
BDQ bowel disease questionnaire
BDR background diabetic retinopathy
BDRP Biological Defense Research Program
BDRS Blessed Dementia Rating Scale
BDS Bachelor of Dental Surgery; biological detection system; Blessed Dementia Scale
BdS blood pressure-depressing substance
BDSc Bachelor of Dental Science
BDT binary distance transformation [imaging]
BDUR bromodeoxyuridine
BDV border disease virus; Borna disease virus; bushy dwarf virus
BDW biphasic defibrillation waveform; buffered distilled water
BE bacillary emulsion; bacterial endocarditis; barium enema; Barrett's esophagus; base excess; below-elbow; bile-esculin [test]; bioequivalence; biological effect; biologically effective; biologically equivalent; bovine enteritis; brain edema; bread equivalent; breast examination; bronchiectasis; bronchoesophagology
B/E below-elbow
B&E brisk and equal
Be beryllium
Be Baume scale
BEA below-elbow amputation; bioelectrical activity; bromoethylamine
BEAM brain electrical activity monitoring
BEAP bronchiectasis, eosinophilia, asthma, pneumonia
BEAR biological effects of atomic radiation
BEB Biomedical Engineering Branch [of US Army]
BEBV Bebaru virus
BEC bacterial endocarditis; behavioral emergency committee; biliary epithelial cells; blood ethyl alcohol content; bromoergocryptine; buccal epithelial cells
BECAIT Bezafibrate Coronary Atherosclerosis Intervention Trial
BECF blood extracellular fluid
BED binge eating disorder; biologically effective dose; biologically equivalent dose [radiation]
BEE basal energy expenditure
BEFV bovine ephemeral fever virus
beg begin, beginning
BEH benign exertional headache
beh behavior, behavioral
BEHA behavior [UMLS]
BEI back-scattered electron imaging; biological exposure indexes; butanol-extractable iodine
BEIR biological effects of ionizing radiation
BEK bovine embryonic kidney [cells]
BEL blood ethanol level; bovine embryonic lung
BELIR beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity
BELTV Belterra virus
BELV Belmont virus; Bermuda grass etched line virus
BEM boundary element method
BEMS Bioelectromagnetics Society
BeMV belladonna mottle virus
BEN Balkan endemic neuropathy
bENaC bovine epithelial sodium channel
BENAR blood eosinophilic non-allergic rhinitis
BENEDICT Bergamo Nephrologic Diabetes Complications Trial
BENESTENT Belgian-Netherlands Stent [study]
BENV Benevides virus; Benfica virus
Benz, benz benzene; benzidine; benzoate
BEP basic element of performance; brain evoked potential
B-EP β-endorphin
BEPS Belgian Eminase Prehospital Study
BEPT biliary endoscopic papillotomy
BER base encoding rule; base excision repair; basic electrical rhythm
BERA brainstem evoked response audiometry
BERG balloon-assisted endoscopic retroperitoneal gasless [approach]
BERNWARD building essential concept representations in well-arranged restricted domains
BERT Beneficiary Enrollment Retrieval System [Medicare]; Beta Energy Restenosis Trial
BERV Bertioga virus
BES balanced electrolyte solution; Baltimore Eye Study
BESA brain electric source analysis
BESC bronchitis emphysema symptom checklist
BESM bovine embryonic skeletal muscle
BESMART Bestent in Small Arteries Study
BESP bovine embryonic spleen [cells]
BESS Berlin Pacemaker Study on Syncope; Part B Extract and Summary System [Medicare]
BESSAMI Berlin Stent Study in Acute Myocardial Infarction
BEST Beta-blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial; Beta-blocker Stroke Trial; Beta-Cath System Trial; Bolus Dose Escalation Study of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator; Bucindolol Evaluation of Survival Trial; Medtronic Bestent Coronary Stent vs Palmaz-Schatz Coronary Stent
BET benign epithelial tumor; Brunauer-Emmet-Teller [method]
BETA Biomedical Electronics Technicians Association
β [Greek letter beta] an anomer of a carbohydrate; buffer capacity; carbon separated from a carboxyl by one other carbon in aliphatic compounds; a constituent of a plasma protein fraction; probability of Type II error; a substituent group of a steroid that projects above the plane of the ring
1-β power of statistical test
β error Type II error
β₂m beta₂-microglobulin
BEV baboon endogenous virus; beam's eye view; Berne virus; bleeding esophageal varix; bovine enterovirus
BeV, Bev billion electron volts
bev beverage
BeYDV bean yellow dwarf virus
BF Barmah Forest [virus]; bentonite flocculation; bile flow; biofeedback; black female; blastogenic factor; blister fluid; blood flow; body fat; bouillon filtrate [tuberculin Fr. bouillon filtre]; brain factor; breakfast fed; breast feeding; buffered; burning feet [syndrome]; butter fat
B/F black female; bound/free [antigen ratio]
B3F band 3 cytoplasmic fragment
bf black female; bouillon filtrate [tuberculin]
BFA bifemoral angiography; brefeldin A
BFB biological feedback; bronchial foreign body
BFC benign febrile convulsion
BFDI bronchodilation following deep inspiration
BFDV beak and feather disease virus
BFE blood flow energy; bulk fluid endocytosis
BFEC benign focal epilepsy of childhood
bFGF basic fibroblast growth factor
BFGS Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shan-no [algorithm]
BFH benign familial hematuria
BFHD Beukes familial hip dysplasia
BFHI Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative [UNICEF]
BFHR basal fetal heart rate
BFIC benign familial infantile convulsions
BFIRM binary formal inference-based recessive modeling
BFL bird fancier's lung; Brjeson-Forssman-Lehman [syndrome]
BFLS Brjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome
BFM benign familial megalocephaly or macrocephaly
BFNC benign familial neonatal convulsions
BFO balanced forearm orthosis; ball-bearing forearm orthosis; blood-forming organ
BFOD binary frames of discernment
BFP biologic false-positive
BFPR biologic false-positive reaction
BFPSTS biologic false-positive serological test for syphilis
BFR biologic false reaction; blood flow rate; bone formation rate; buffered Ringer [solution]
BFS blood fasting sugar
BFT bentonite flocculation test; biofeedback training
BFU burst-forming unit
BFU-E burst-forming unit, erythrocytes
BFU-ME burst-forming unit, myeloid/erythroid
BFU-Meg burst-forming unit, megakaryocyte
BFV Barmah Forest virus; bovine feces virus; bovine foamy virus