Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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• BG  Bacillus globigii; basal ganglion; basic gastrin; basophilic granulocyte; Bender Gestalt [test]; beta-galactosidase; beta-glucuronidase; bicolor guaiac [test]; Birbeck granule; blood glucose; bone graft; brilliant green; buccogingival
• B-G  Bordet-Gengou [agar, bacillus, phenomenon]
• BGA  blue-green algae
• BGAg  blood group antigen
• BGAV  blue-green algae virus
• BGC  basal ganglion calcification; blood group class
• BGCA  bronchogenic carcinoma
• BGD  blood group degradation
• BGE  butyl glycidyl ether
• BGG  bovine gamma-globulin
• bGH  bovine growth hormone
• BGIV  Bangui virus
• Bg^J  beige [mouse]
• BGLB  brilliant green lactose broth
• BGlu  blood glucose
• BGM  bedside glucose monitoring
• BGMR  basal ganglion disorder-mental retardation [syndrome]
• BGMV  bean golden mosaic virus
• BGNV  Bangoran virus
• BGO  bismuth germanium oxide
• BGP  beta-glycerophosphatase
• BGPS  Belgian General Practitioners' Study
• BGS  balance, gait, and station; Baller-Gerold syndrome; blood group substance; British Geriatrics Society
• BGSA  blood granulocyte-specific activity
• BGTT  borderline glucose tolerance test
• BGV  Bahia Grande virus
• BH  base hospital; benzalkonium and heparin; bill of health; birth history; Bishop-Harman [instruments]; boarding home; board of health; Bolton-Hunter [reagent]; borderline hypertensive; both hands; brain hormone; Braxton-Hicks [contractions], breathholding; bronchial hyperreactivity; Bryan high titer; bundle of His
• BH4  tetrahydrobiopterin
• BHA  bound hepatitis antibody; butylated hydroxyanisole
• BHAT  Beta Blocker Heart Attack Trial
• BHAV  Bhanja virus
• BHB  beta-hydroxybutyrate
• bHb  bovine hemoglobin
• BHBA  beta-hydroxybutyric acid
• BHC  benzene hexachloride
• BHCDA  Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance
• β-hCG  beta human chorionic gonadotropin
• BHF  Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; British Heart Foundation
• BHFS  Benzapril Heart Failure Study
• BHI  biosynthetic human insulin; brain-heart infusion [broth]; British Humanities Index; Bureau of Health Insurance
• BHIA  brain-heart infusion agar
• BHIBA  brain-heart infusion blood agar
• BHIRS  brain-heart infusion and rabbit serum
• BHIS  beef heart infusion supplemented [broth]
• BHK  baby hamster kidney [cells]; type-B Hong Kong [influenza virus]
• BHL  bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy; biological half-life
• bHLH  basic helix-loop-helix
• bHLH-ZIP  basic helix-loop-helix-leucine zipper
• BHM  Bureau of Health Manpower
• BHN  bephenium hydroxynaphthoate; Brinell hardness number
• BHP  basic health profile
• BHPr  Bureau of Health Professions
• BHR  basal heart rate; benign hypertrophic prostatitis; borderline hypertensive rat; bronchial hyperreactivity
• BHS  Bachelor of Health Science; Ballarat Health Services [Australia]; Beck Hopelessness Scale; beta-hemolytic streptococcus; Bogalusa Heart Study; breathholding spell; Brisighella Heart Study
• BHT  beta-hydroxytheophylline; breath hydrogen test; bronchial hygiene therapy; butylated hydroxytoluene
• BHTE  bioheat transfer equation
• BHU  basic health unit
• Bhu  Bordetella heme utilization
• BhuR  Bordetella heme utilization receptor
• BHV  bovine herpes virus
• BH/VH  body hematocrit-venous hematocrit [ratio]
• BHyg  Bachelor of Hygiene
• BI  background interval; bacterial or bactericidal index; base-in [prism]; basilar impression; bifunctional inducer; Billroth I [operation]; biological indicator; biotechnology infomatics; bodily injury; bone injury; bowel impaction; brain injury; burn index
• Bi  bismuth
• BIA  biolectric impedance analysis; bioimmunoassay; biomechanical impedance analyses
• BIAC  Bioinstrumentation Advisory Council
• BIAD  blind insertion airway device
• BIB  bibliography; biliointestinal bypass; brought in by
• bib, biblio  bibliography
• BIBRA  British Industrial Biological Research Association
• B-IBS  B-immunoblastic sarcoma
• BIC  Bayes information criterion; bicoherence; blood isotope clearance; brain imaging center
• Bic  biceps
• BICAO  bilateral internal carotid artery occlusion
• bicarb  bicarbonate
• BiCAT  bilateral carotid artery traction
• BICC  Biomedical Information Communications Center
• BiCNU  1,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea [carmustine]
• BICS  Brigham Integrated Computing System
• BICS-OE  Brigham Integrated Computing System-order entry
• BICST  biceps skin tone
• BID  bibliographic information and documentation; brought in dead
• BIDA  butyl iminodiacetic acid
• BIDLB  block in posteroinferior division of left branch
• BIDS  biological integrated detection system; brittle hair, intellectual impairment, decreased fertility, and short stature [syndrome]
• BIE  Bayes inference engine; bullous ichthyosiform erythroderma
• BIG  bone injection gun
• BIG 6  analysis of 6 serum components
• BIGGY  bismuth glycine glucose yeast
• BIGMAC  Beaumont Interventional Group-Mevacor, ACE Inhibitor, Colchicine Restenosis [trial]; Bidirectional Gantry Multiarray Coil [study]
• BIGPRO  Biguanides and the Prevention of the Risk of Obesity [study]
• BIH  benign intracranial hypertension; Beth Israel Hospital
• BII  beat inclusion index; Billroth II [operation]; butanol-insoluble iodine
• BIL  basal insulin level; bilirubin
• Bil  bilirubin
• bil  bilateral
• BILAG  British Isles Lupus Assessment Group [Index]
• BIL/ALB  bilirubin/albumin [rate]
• bilat  bilateral
• bili  bilirubin
• bili-c  conjugated bilirubin
• bilirub  bilirubin
• bili T&D  bilirubin total and direct
• BIM  buffered isolation medium
• BIMA  bilateral internal mammary artery
• BIMV  Bimiti virus
• BIN  butylisonitrile
• Bin  binary
• biochem  biochemistry, biochemical
• BIOD  bony intraorbital distance
• bioeng  bioengineering
• BIOETHICSLINE  Bioethical Information Online
• BIOF  biologic function [UMLS]
• biol  biology, biological
• bioLH  biossay of luteinizing hormone
• BIOMACS  Biochemical Markers of Acute Coronary Syndromes
• biophys  biophysics, biophysical
• BIOSIS  BioScience Information Service
• biotyping  biochemical typing
• BIP  bacterial intravenous protein; Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention [study]; biparietal; bismuth iodoform paraffin; Blue Cross interim payment; brief infertility period
• Bip  binding protein
• BIPAP  biphasic positive airway pressure
• BIPLED  bilateral, independent, periodic, lateralized epileptiform discharge
• BIPM  International Bureau of Weights and Measures [Fr. Bureau International des Poids et Mesures]
• BIPP  bismuth iodoform paraffin paste
• BIR  basic incidence rate; British Institute of Radiology
• BIRADS  Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System
• BIRD  Bolus vs Infusion Rescupase Development
• BIRLS  Beneficiary Identification and Record Locator Subsystem [Veterans Benefit Administration]
• BIRN  Biomedical Informatics Research Network
• BIRNH  Belgian Interuniversity Research on Nutrition and Health [study]
• BIRV  Birao virus
• BIS  bioimpedance spectroscopy; bispectral index; bone cement implantation syndrome; Brain Information Service; British Infection Society; building illness syndrome
• BIScV  blueberry scorch virus
• B-ISDN  broadband-integrated services digital network
• BIShV  blueberry shock virus
• BiSP  between ischial spines
• bisp  bispinous [diameter]
• BISTI  Biomedical Information Service Technology Initiative
• BIT  binary digit; bitrochanteric
• bit  binary digit
• BITE  Bulimic Investigatory Test
• BITNET  Because It's Time Network [mail-only electronic network]
• BIU  barrier isolation unit; billion international units
• BIV  Bohle iridovirus; bovine immunodeficiency virus
• BIVAS  Body Image Visual Analogue Scale
• BJ  Bence Jones [protein, proteinuria]; biceps jerk; Bielschowsky-Jansky [syndrome]; bones and joints
• B&J  bones and joints
• BJE  bones, joints, and examination
• BJM  bones, joints, and muscles
• BJP  Bence Jones protein or proteinuria
• BK  below the knee; bovine kidney [cells]; bradykinin
• B-K  initials of two patients after whom a multiple cutaneous nevus [mole] was named
• B/K  below knee [amputation]
• Bk  berkelium
• bk  back
• BKA  below-knee amputation
• BK-A  basophil kallikrein of anaphylaxis
• BK amp  below-knee amputation
• BKAT  Basic Knowledge Assessment Tool for Critical Care
• BKD  bacterial kidney disease
• bkf  breakfast
• BKG, Bkg  background
• BKPyV  BK polyomavirus
• BKS  beekeeper serum
• BKTT  below knee to toe
• BKWP  below knee walking plaster
• BL  Barre-Lieou [syndrome]; basal lamina; baseline; Bessey-Lowry [unit]; biosafety level; black light; bladder; bleeding; blind loop; blood loss; bone marrow lymphocyte; borderline lepromatous; bronchial lavage; buccolingual; buffered lidocaine; Bullard laryngoscope; Burkitt lymphoma
• Bl  black
• B-l  bursa-equivalent lymphocyte
• bl  black; blood, bleeding; blue
• BLA  Biologics License Application
• BLAD  borderline left axis deviation
• blad  bladder
• BLAS  Bronx Longitudinal Aging Study
• BLASP  Barbados Low-Dose Aspirin Study in Pregnancy
• BLAST  basic linear alignment and search tool [algorithm]
• BLAT  Blind Learning Aptitude Test
• BLAV  Bobia virus
• BLB  Baker-Lima-Baker [mask]; Bessey-Lowry-Brock [method or unit]; black light bulb; Boothby-Lovelace-Bulbulian [oxygen mask]; bronchoscopic lung biopsy; bulb [syringe]
• BL=BS  bilateral equal breath sounds
• BlC  blood culture
• BLCL  Burkitt lymphoma cell line
• B-LCL  B-lymphocyte cell line
• bl cult  blood culture
• BLCV  beet leaf curly top virus
• BLD  basal liquefactive degeneration; benign lymphoepithelial disease
• bld  blood
• Bld Bnk  blood bank
• BLE  both lower extremities; buffered lidocaine with epinephrine
• BLEL  benign lympho-epithelial lesion
• BLEO  bleomycin
• bleph  blepharitis
• BLEVE  boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion
• BLFD  buccolinguofacial dyskinesia
• BLG  behavioral leadership group; beta-lactoglobulin
• bLH  biologically active luteinizing hormone
• BLI  bombesin-like immunoreactivity
• blk  black
• BLL  below lower limit