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Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
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- BTg bovine trypsinogen
- BThU British thermal unit
- Bti Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis
- Btk Bruton's tyrosine kinase
- BTKV Boteke virus
- BTL bilateral tubal ligation
- Btl breathless
- BTLS basic trauma life support
- BTM benign tertian malaria; blood temperature monitor; body temperature monitor
- BTMSA bis-trimethylsilacetylene
- BTMV beet mosaic virus
- BTP biliary tract pain; biological treatment planning; broad terminal phalanges
- BTPABA N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid
- BTPS at body temperature and ambient pressure, and saturated with water vapor [gas]
- BTR Bezold-type reflex; biceps tendon reflex
- BTr bovine trypsin
- BTRID binomial transform reduced interference distribution
- BTRS Belgian Ticlodipine Retinopathy Study
- BTS Batten syndrome; blood transfusion service; blue toe syndrome; bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome; British Thoracic Society
- BTSG Brain Tumor Study Group
- bTSH bovine thyroid-stimulating hormone
- BTU British thermal unit
- BTV blue tongue virus; bushy top virus
- BTW biological and toxin weapon
- BTWC Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
- BTX botulinum toxin; brevetoxin; bungarotoxin
- BTx blood transfusion
- BTX-B brevetoxin-B
- BTZ benzothiazepine
- BU base of prism up; Bethesda unit; blood urea; Bodansky unit; bromouracil; burn unit
- Bu butyl
- bu bushel
- BUA blood uric acid; broadband ultrasonic attenuation
- BUB budding uninhibited by benzimidazole
- Buc, Bucc buccal
- BuChE butyrocholinesterase
- BUD budesonide
- BUDR bromodeoxyuridine
- BUDS bilateral upper dorsal sympathectomy
- BUE both upper extremities
- BUEV Buenaventura virus
- BUF buffalo [rat]
- BUFUL bumetanide and furosemide on lipid [profile]
- BUG buccal ganglion
- BUGT bilirubin-uridine diphosphate glucuronysyltransferase
- BuHV bubaline herpesvirus
- BUI brain uptake index
- BUJV Bujaru virus
- BULIT bulimia test
- BULL buccal or upper lingual of lower
- BuMed Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
- BUMP behavioral regression or upset in hospitalized medical patients [scale]
- BUN blood urea nitrogen
- bun br bundle branch
- BUN/CR blood urea nitrogen/creatine ratio
- BUNV Bunyamwera virus
- BUO bleeding of undetermined origin, bruising of undetermined origin
- BUQ both upper quadrants
- BUR bilateral ureteral occlusion
- Burd Burdick suction
- BUS Bartholin, urethral, and Skene glands; busulfan
- BuSVd Burdock stunt viroid
- But, but butyrate, butyric
- BV bacilliform virus; bacitracin V; bacterial vaginosis; balloon valvuloplasty; biologic value; blood vessel; blood volume; bracovirus; bronchovesicular
- Bv Bracovirus, bracovirus
- BVA Blind Veterans Association; British Veterinary Association
- BVAD biventricular assist device
- BVC British Veterinary Codex
- BVD bovine viral diarrhea
- BVDT brief vestibular disorientation test
- BVDU bromovinyldeoxyuridine
- BVDV bovine viral diarrhea virus
- BVE binocular visual efficiency; blood vessel endothelium; blood volume expander
- BVEC bovine valve endothelial cell
- BVF bone volume fraction
- BVH biventricular hypertrophy
- BVI blood vessel invasion
- BVL bilateral vas ligation
- BVM bag-valve-mask; bronchovascular markings; Bureau of Veterinary Medicine
- BVMGT Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test
- BVMOT Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test
- BVMS Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Science
- BVO black vinyl overboot; branch vein occlusion
- BVP blood vessel prosthesis; blood volume pulse; burst of ventricular pacing
- BVQ beet virus Q
- BVR baboon virus replication; Balloon Valvuloplasty Registry
- BVS biventricular support; blanked ventricular sense
- BVSc Bachelor of Veterinary Science
- BV/TV bone volume/trabecular volume [ratio]
- BVU bromoisovalerylurea
- BVV bovine vaginitis virus
- BW bacteriological warfare; Beckwith-Wiedemann [syndrome]; bed wetting; below waist; biological warfare; biological weapon; birth weight; bladder washout; blood Wasserman [reaction]; body water; body weight
- B&W black and white [milk of magnesia and cascara extract]
- bw body weight
- BWAV Bwamba virus
- BWC bladder wash cytology
- BWD bacillary white diarrhea
- BWFCM bladder wash flow cytometry
- BWFI bacteriostatic water for injection
- BWG Bland-White-Garland syndrome
- BWIS Baltimore-Washington Infant Study
- BWS battered woman (or wife) syndrome; Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- BWSpV Brazilian wheat spike virus
- BWST black widow spider toxin
- BWSV black widow spider venom
- BWt birth weight
- Bwt body weight
- BWYV, bwyv beet western yellow virus
- BX, bx bacitracin X; biopsy
- Bx biopsy
- BXO balanitis xerotica obliterans
- BXV Bee virus X
- ByCPR bystander cardiac pulmonary resuscitation
- BYDV barley yellow dwarf virus
- BYE Barila-Yaguchi-Eveland [medium]
- BYMV bean yellow mosaic virus
- BYP Baeza-Yates-Perleberg [algorithm]
- BYSMV barley yellow striate mosaic virus
- BYSV beet yellow stunt virus
- BYV bee virus Y; beet yellow virus
- BYVBV bean yellow vein-banding virus
- BZ benzodiazepine
- Bz, Bzl benzoyl
- BZD benzodiazepine
- BZQ benzquinamide
- BZRP benzodiazepine receptor peripheral [type]
- BZS Bannayan-Zonana syndrome