What does BME mean in medical terms?
There may be more than one meaning of BME. Below is the meaning that the abbreviation BME stands for.
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What is the BME medical abbreviation?
In the medicine field, the medical abbreviation BME means biomedical engineering.
BME: biomedical engineering
Related Medical Abbreviations
| ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
| BRBPR | Bright Red Blood Per Rectum |
| CPMI | chronic and persistent mental illness |
| DX | Diagnosis |
| EBNA | Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen |
| FEES | flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing |
| FU | follow-up |
| H&N | head and neck |
| HDN | hemolytic disease of the newborn |
| HHS | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| HbF | Hemoglobin F |
| I/E | inspiratory/expiratory |
| KCT | kaolin clotting time |
| L/S ratio | lecithin to sphingomyelin ratio |
| LD50 | lethal dose at which 50% of animal test group dies |
| LGI | lower gastrointestinal |
| LL | left lateral |
| LQR/LSR | locked quiet room/locked seclusion room |
| LRI | lower respiratory infection |
| LUL | Left Upper Lobe; also Left Upper Lid |
| LVN | Licensed Vocational Nurse |
| MCD | multiple carboxylase deficiency |
| MMT | manual muscle test |
| MSI | magnetic source imaging; microsatellite instability |
| NBCCS | Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome |
| NRM | non-rebreathing mask |
| NV | nausea and vomiting |
| OB | Occult Blood (followed by ‘+’ or ‘-‘) |
| OBS/OBD | organic brain syndrome/organic brain disorder |
| PVR | Post Void Residual |
| QoL | quality of life |
| R/L | right to left |
| RLW | right lateral wrist |
| RNST | reactive non stress test |
| SAT | serum agglutination test |
| SB | spina bifida; small bowel; sinus bradycardia |
| SCID | severe combined immunodeficiency |
| SMR | submucous resection; standardized mortality ratio; sexual maturity rating |
| SX P | sexual precautions |
| T&C | Type and Cross |
| TAVI | transcatheter aortic valve implantation |
| TBP | thrombophlebitis; therapeutic biologic product |
| VATS | Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery |
| VS | Vital Signs |
| WN | well nourished |
| caps | capsules |
| g | gram, a unit of weight. The cream is available in both 30 and 60 gram tubes. |
| grad | by degrees; gradual |
| husb. | husband |
| ing | inguinal |
| pulv | powder (pulvis) |
