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Letter B
Question | Answer |
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Ba | barium |
bacti | bacteriology |
B&B | bowel and bladder training |
BBB | bundle branch block (an inability of cardiac impulses to be conducted down the bundle branches) |
B&C | biopsy and conization (removal of a small piece of living tissue) (the removal of a cone shaped sample of tissue) |
BE | barium enema (a rectal infusion of barium sulfate which is retained in the lower intestinal tract during the studies for diagnosis of obstruction) |
bid | twice a day |
bil | bilateral |
Bl | blood |
Bl Wk | blood work |
BM | bowel movement |
BMR | basal metabolic rate (the amount of energy used in a unit of time by a fasting, resting subject to maintain vital function) |
BP | blood pressure |
BR | bed rest |
BRP | bathroom privileges |
BS | blood sugar |
BSA | body surface area (the total area exposed to the environment) |
BSC,bsc | bedside commode |
BUN | blood urea nitrogen (a measure of the amount of urea in the blood) |
Bx,bx | biopsy |