Etimologia e Abreviaturas de Termos Médicos (PDF)

BCLS basic cardiac life support 
BCM B-cell maturation; beclomethasone; 
birth control medication; blood-clotting 
mechanism; body cell mass; body control 
and movement 
BCMA B-cell maturation antigen 
BCME bis-chloromethyl ether 
BCMF B-cell maturation factor 
BCMNV bean common mosaic necrosis 
virus 
BCMS Bioethic Citation Maintenance 
System 
BCN basal cell nevus; bilateral cortical 
necrosis; breast care nursing 
BCNS basal cell nevus syndrome 
BCNU1,3-bis-(2chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea; 
bleomycin anel carmustine 
BCO biliary cholesterol output; biological 
cut-off 
BCOC bowel care of choice 
BCoV bovine coronavirus 
BCP basic calcium phosphate; birth 
control pill; blue cone pigment; Blue Cross 
Plan; bromcresol purple 
BCPD bromcresol purple deoxylate 
BCPR bystander cardiopulmonary 
resuscitation 
BCPT Breast Cancer Prevention Trial 
BCPV bovine cutaneous papilloma virus 
BCQ breast cancer questionnaire 
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BCR B-cell reactivity; birth control 
regimen; breakpoint cluster region; 
bromocriptine; bulbocavernosus reflex 
bcr breakpoint cluster region 
BCRS brief cognitive rating scale 
BCRx birth control drug 
BCS battered child syndrome; blood 
cell separator; bovine calf serum; breast 
cancer screening; British Cardiovascular 
Society; Budd-Chiari syndrome 
BCSFB blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier 
BCSI breast cancer screening indicator 
BCSP Bavarian Cholesterol Screening 
Project 
BCT brachiocephalic trunk; branched-
chain amino acid transferase; breast 
conservation therapy 
BCTF Breast Cancer Task Force 
BCtg bovine chymotrypsinogen 
BCtr bovine chymotrypsin 
BCTV beet curly top virus 
BCV Batu Cave virus; beet cryptic virus; 
between class variance; blue crab virus; 
Bunyip Creek virus 
BCVA best corrected visual acuity 
BCVd blister canker viroid 
BCW biological and chemical warfare 
BCYE buffered charcoal-yeast extract 
[agar] 
BD barbital-dependent; barbiturate 
dependence; base deficit; base of prism 
down; basophilic degeneration; Batten 
disease; behavioral disorder; Behçet 
disease; belladonna; below diaphragm; 
Bessel distribution; bicarbonate dialysis; 
bile duct; binding domain; binocular 
deprivation; birth date; black death; 
bladder drainage; block design [test]; 
blood donor; blue diaper [syndrome]; 
borderline dull; bound; brain damage; 
brain dead, brain death; Briquet disorder; 
bronchodilation, bronchodilator; 
buccodistal; Byler disease 
B-D Becton-Dickinson 
Bd board; buoyant density 
bd band; bundle 
BDA balloon dilation angioplasty; British 
Dental Association 
BDAC Bureau of Drug Abuse Conlrol 
BDAE Boston Diagnostic Aphasia 
Examination 
BDAV Bandia virus 
BDC Bazex-Dupré-Christol [syndrome] 
bile duct cyst; burn-dressing change 
BDD body dysmorphic disorder 
BDE balanced differential expression 
[microarray analysis]; bile duct 
examination 
BDentSci Bachelor of Dental Sciencc 
BDG buccal developmental groove; 
buffered desoxycholate glucose 
BDGF brain-derived growth factor 
BDHI Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory 
BDI Baseline Dyspnea lndex; Beck 
Depression Inventory; bile duct injuries 
BDIP biomedical digital image processing 
BDIS Becton-Dickinson 
immunocytometry system; Birth Defects 
lnformation Service 
BDL behaviors of daily living; below 
detectable limits; bile duct ligation 
BDLS Brachmannde Lange syndrome 
BDM Becker’s muscular dystrophy; border 
detection method; 2,3-butane-dione 
2-monoxime 
BDMS Bureau of Data Management 
Strategy [Health Care Financing 
Administration (HCFA)] 
BDMV bean dwarf mosaic virus 
bDNA branched deoxyribonucleic acid 
[DNA] 
BDNF brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BDO battle dress overgannent 
BDOH broad determinants of health 
BDPbeclomethasone dipropionate; 
benzodiazepine; bilateral diaphragmmatic 
paralysis; Biological Department, Porton 
[UK]; bronchopulmonary dysplasia 
BDQ bowel disease questionnaire 
BDR background diabetic retinopathy
BDRP Biological Defense Research 
Program 
BDRS Blessed Dementia Rating Scale 
BDS Bachelor of Dental Surgery; 
biological detection system; Blessed 
Dementia Scale 
BdS blood pressure-depressing 
substance 
BDSc Bachelor of Dental Science 
BDT binary distance transformation 
[imaging] 
BDUR bromodeoxyuridine
BDV border disease virus; Borna disease 
virus; bushy dwarf virus 
BDW biphasic defibrillation waveform; 
buffered distilled water 
BE bacillary emulsion; bacterial 
endocarditis; barium enema; Barrett’s 
esophagus; base excess; below-elbow; 
biIeesculin [test]; bioequivalence, 
biological effect; biologically effective 
biologically equivalent; bovine enteritis; 
brain edema; bread equivalent; 
breast examination; bronchiectasis; 
bronchoesophagology 
B/E below-elbow 
B&E brisk and equal
Be beryllium 
Bé Baumé scale
BEA below-elbow amputation; 
bioelectrical activity, bromoethylamine 
BEAM brain electrical activity monitoring 
BEAP bronchiectasis, eosinophilia, 
asthma, pneumonia 
BEAR biological effects of atomic 
radiation
BEB Biomedical Engineering Branch [of 
US Army]
BEBV Bebaru virus 
BECbacterial endocarditis; behaveoral 
emergency committee; biliary epithelial 
cells; blood ethyl alcohol content; 
bromoergocryptine,buccal epithelial cells 
BECAIT Bezafibrate Coronary 
Atherosclerosis Intervention Trial 
BECF blood extracellular fluid 
BED binge eating disorder; biologically 
effective dose; biologically equivalent 
dose [radiation]
BEE basal energy expenditure 
BEFV bovine ephemeral fever virus
beg begin, beginning 
BEH benign exertional headache 
beh behavior, behavioral 
BEHA behavior [UMLS] 
BEI back-scattered electron imaging; 
biological exposure indexes; butanol-
extractable iodine 
BEIR biological effects of ionizing radiation
BEK bovine embryonic kidney [cells]
BEL blood etanol leveI; bovine embryonic 
lung 
BELIR beta-endorphin-like 
immunereactivity
BELTV Belterra virus 
BELV Belmont virus; Bermuda grass 
etched line virus 
BEM boundary element method 
BEMS Bioelectromagnetics Society 
BeMV belladonna mottIe virus 
BEN Balkan endemic neuropathy 
bENaC bovine epithelial sodium channel 
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BENAR blood eosinophilic non-allergic 
rhinitis 
BENEDICT Bergamo Nephrologic 
Diabetes Complications Trial 
BENESTENT Belgian-Netherlands Stent 
[study] 
BENV Benevides virus; Benfica virus 
Benz, benz benzene; benzidine; benzoate 
BEP basic element of performance; brain 
evoked potential 
B-EP β-endorphin 
BEPS Belgian Eminase Prehospital Study 
BEPT biliary endoscopic papillotomy 
BER base encoding rule; base excision 
repair; basic electrical rhythm 
BERA brainstem evoked response 
audiometry 
BERG balloon-assisted endoscopic 
retroperitoneal gasless [approach] 
BERNWARD building essential concept 
representations in well-arranged 
restricted domains 
BERT Beneficiary Enrollment Retrieval 
System [Medicare]; Beta Energy 
Restenosis Trial 
BERV Bertioga virus 
BES balanced electrolyte solution; 
Baltimore Eye Study 
BESA brain electric source analysis 
BESC bronchitis emphysema symptom 
checklist 
BESM bovine embryonic skeletal muscle 
BESMART Bestent in Small Arteries Study 
BESP bovine embryonic spleen [cells] 
BESS Berlin Pacemaker Study on Syncope; 
Part B Extract and Summary System 
[Medicare] 
BESSAMI berlin Stent Study in Acute 
Myocardial Infarction 
BEST Beta-blocker Evaluation of SurvivaI 
Trial; Beta-blocker Stroke Trial; BetaCath 
System Trial; Bolus Dose Escalation Study 
of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Aclivator; 
Bucindolol Evaluation of Survival TriaI: 
Medtronic Bestent Coronary Stent vs 
Palmaz-Schatz Coronary Stent 
BET benign epithelial tumor; blastocyte 
embryo transfer; bleeding