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This page provides a list of medical abbreviations that start with the letter B.
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
In the oil industry, one barrel (unit symbol bbl) is a unit of volume used for measuring oil defined as exactly 42 US gallons, approximately 159 liters, [10] [11] or 35 imperial gallons. [ 10 ]
What the 'face BBL' means for the future of plastic surgery. When it comes to those seeking cosmetic treatments, dermatologists say people tend to fall into one of two camps: Those who want as ...
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
Abbrev. [1]Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1]; a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte ...
Acronyms Diseases and disorders BA Bronchial Asthma: BBS Bardet-Biedl syndrome BBS Bashful bladder syndrome (see paruresis) : BEB Benign essential blepharospasm
Abbreviation Term Description (notes) AH Asteroid hyalosis AMD/ARMD Age-related macular degeneration ACG/CAG Angle closure glaucoma BDR Background diabetic retinopathy