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List of medical abbreviations: B

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A type of high-dose chemotherapy used to treat lymphoma prior to a stem cell transplant
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bright red blood (color is important as an indicator of source, for example in
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bowel signs in all 4 quadrants (also sometimes "BS + all 4 quads")
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bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (chemotherapy regimen)
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blood glucose awareness training (to help patients with
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blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus inversus syndrome
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Abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel
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Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration
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