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