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"BESS: benign enlargement of the subarachnoid space(s)"

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"A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z - misc"

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"B"

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"B symptoms"

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"Ba: barium"

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"B-ALL: B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia"

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"Be: beryllium"

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"Benzo: benzodiazepine"

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"BeS: beryllium sensitisation"

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"Bi: bismuth"

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"BiPAP: bilevel positive airway pressure"

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"BiTE: bi-specific T-cell engager"

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"BiVAD: biventricular assist device"

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"Bk: berkelium"

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"Bld: blood"

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"Bachelor of Medicine"

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"Becker muscular dystrophy"

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"B/O: because of"

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"BoNT/A: botulinum toxin A"

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"Bell palsy"

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"British Pharmacopoeia"

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"Bq: becquerel"

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"Br: bromine"

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"BraTS: Brain Tumour Segmentation"

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"Bronch: bronchoscopy"

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"BrS: Brugada Syndrome"

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"Bachelor of Surgery"

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"BSc: Bachelor of Science"

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"Blalock-Taussig shunt"

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"British Thoracic Society"

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"Bx: biopsy"

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Acronyms
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"blood type (ABO system)"

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"BAC"

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"BAD: branch atheromatous disease"

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"BADASS: biochemical abnormality of doubtful actual sense or significance"

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"BAE: bronchial artery embolisation"

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"BAHA: bone-anchored hearing aid"

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"BAL"

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"BALF: bronchoalveolar lavage fluid"

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"B-ALL: B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia"

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"BAM: binary alignment map"

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"BARP: British Association for the Advancement of Radiology and Physiotherapy"

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"BAT: blunt abdominal trauma"

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"BATO: balloon-occluded anterograde transvenous obliteration"

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"BAV: bicuspid aortic valve"

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"BB"

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"BBA: blood blister-like aneuyrsm"

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"BBB"

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"BBFA: both bone forearm fracture"

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"BBFF: both bone forearm fracture"

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"BBT: basal body temperature"

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"BC"

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"BCC"

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"BCG: bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine"

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"BCI"

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"BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (staging)"

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"BCSS: breast cancer-specific survival"

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"BCV: brachiocephalic vein"

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"BCVI: blunt cerebrovascular injury"

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"BD: twice a day (drug prescriptions, Latin: bis in die)"

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"BDFL: benevolent dictator for life"

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"BD-IPMN: branch duct type - intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm"

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"BDNF: brain-derived neurotrophic factor"

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"BDR: background diabetic retinopathy"

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"BE"

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"BED: biological equivalent dose (in radiotherapy)"

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"BEET: bleomycin electro-embolotherapy"

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"BE-FAST: balance, eye sight, face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulties, and time (in stroke)"

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"BEH: benign external hydrocephalus"

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"BERT: background equivalent radiation time"

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"BESS: benign enlargement of the subarachnoid space(s)"

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"BESSI: benign enlargement fo the subarachnoid spaces in infancy"

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"BEST: bleomycin electro-sclerotherapy"

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"BF: butterfly"

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"BG"

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"BHD: Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome"

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"BHR: Birmingham hip resurfacing"

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"BIAD: blind insertion airway device"

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"BIBA: brought in by ambulance"

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"BICR: blinded independent central review"

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"BIMT: blunt intestinal and mesenteric trauma"

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"BIR: British Institute of Radiology"

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"BI-RADS: breast imaging - reporting and data system"

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"BJP: Bence-Jones proteins"

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"BJR: British Journal of Radiology"

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"BK"

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"BKA: below-the-knee amputation"

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"BL: Burkitt lymphoma"

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"BLMG: bleomycin-glucuronide"

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"BLS: basic life support"

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"BLUE: bedside lung ultrasound in emergency"

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"BLVR: bronchoscopic lung volume reduction"

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"BM"

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"blood sugar (named after Boehringer Mannheim, company which developed the BM test strip)"

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"BMAT: bone marrow aspiration and trephine"

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"BMD"

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"BME: bone marrow oedema"

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"BMI: body mass index"

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"BMRR: Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor"

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"BMO: bone marrow oedema"

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"BMP"

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"BMR: basic metabolic rate"

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"BMS"

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"BMT: bone marrow transplant"

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"BNF: British National Formulary"

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"BNO: bowel not opening"

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"BNP: brain natriuretic peptide"

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"BNS: bilateral nerve sparing"

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"BO"

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"BOFS: branchio-oculo-facial syndrome"

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"BOLD: blood oxygenation level dependent contrast"

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"BOM: bilateral otitis media"

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"BOO: bladder outlet obstruction"

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"BOOP: bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia"

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"BOR: branchio-oto-renal syndrome"

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"BOS"

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"BOSD: bottom of sulcus dysplasia"

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"BOT: base of tongue"

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"BOV: blurring of vision"

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"BP"

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"BPA: balloon pulmonary angioplasty"

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"BPAD: bipolar affective disorder"

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"BPC: Blake's pouch cyst"

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"BPE: benign prostatic enlargement"

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"BPG: bypass graft"

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"BPH"

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"BPI: best possible image"

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"BPM: beats per minute"

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"BPOP: bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation"

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"BPPV: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo"

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"BPSD: behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia"

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"BPV: benign positional vertigo"

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"BRAO: branch retinal artery occlusion"

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"BRBPR: bright red blood per rectum"

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"BRCA: breast cancer"

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"BRET: background radiation equivalent time"

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"BRIC: benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis"

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"BRICS: Bronchiectasis Radiologically Indexed CT Score"

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"BRONJ: bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw"

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"BRTO: balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration"

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"BRVO: branch retinal vein occlusion"

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"BS"

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"BSA: body surface area"

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"BSF: basal skull fracture"

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"BSI: bloodstream infection"

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"BSL"

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"BSO: bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy"

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"BSSO: bilateral sagittal split osteotomy"

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"BST: basic surgical training (UK)"

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"BST: basic surgical training (UK)"

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"BT"

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"BTB: believed to be"

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"BTM: Biodegradable Temporising Matrix (full-thickness burns treatment)"

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"BTN: benign thyroid nodules"

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"BTS"

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"BTV: biological target volume"

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"BUN: blood urea nitrogen"

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"BV: bacterial vaginosis"

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"BVNA: basivertebral nerve ablation"

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"BW"

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"BATiC: Blunt Abdominal Trauma in Children (score)"

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"BCLC: Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (staging)"

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"BHR: Birmingham hip resurfacing"

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"BMRR: Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor"

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"BNF: British National Formulary"

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"BPC: Blake's pouch cyst"

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"bpMRI: Biparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (in prostate MRI)"

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"BraTS: Brain Tumour Segmentation"

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"BSc: Bachelor of Science"

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"BTKi: Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors"

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"BTM: Biodegradable Temporising Matrix (full-thickness burns treatment)"

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