What is the meaning of the medical term BMR?
Sometime, there may be more than one meaning of BMR abbreviation. However, what is the meaning of the BMR medical abbreviation?
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What does BMR medical abbreviation stand for?
In science & medicine, the medical abbreviation BMR stands for basal metabolic rate.
BMR: basal metabolic rate
Related Medical Abbreviations
| BBT | basal body temperature |
| BG | blood glucose; basal ganglia |
| BH | behavioral health |
| BVT | bilateral ventilation tube(s) |
| CGN | chronic glomerulonephritis |
| CMT | Cervical Motion Tenderness; Charcot Marie Tooth |
| DAT | diet as tolerated |
| DP | Dorsalis Pedis |
| DR | Diabetic Retinopathy |
| ECLAM | European Consensus Lupus Activity Measure |
| EDD | estimated date of discharge; estimated due date; expected date of delivery |
| EH | employee health |
| EMC | electromagnetic compatibility |
| F/B | Followed By |
| FCB | fibrocystic breast |
| FMS | fibromyalgia syndrome; full mouth series |
| FOC | fronto-occipital circumference |
| FOUO | for official use only |
| FSBS | finger stick blood glucose/sugar |
| GBM | Glioblastoma Multiforme |
| GSW | Gun Shot Wound |
| IPJ | interphalangeal joint |
| LCM | left costal margin |
| LUL | Left Upper Lobe; also Left Upper Lid |
| M/Hx | medical history |
| MERT | medical emergency response team |
| MODY | maturity-onset diabetes of the young |
| MVV | maximum voluntary ventilation; maximum ventilatory volume |
| NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| NKHG | nonketotic hyperglycinemia |
| OME | otitis media with effusion |
| P-Thal | Persantine Thallium |
| PASG | pneumatic anti-shock garments |
| PCI | Percutaneous Coronary Intervention |
| PEFR | peak expiratory flow rate |
| PSO | patient services office |
| PTC | points to consider; plasma thromboplastin component; percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography; papillary thyroid cancer |
| PVE | prosthetic valve endocarditis |
| PVP | polyvinylpyrrolidone |
| RN-C | Registered Nurse-Certified (by ANCC) |
| ROT | right occiput transverse |
| RXT | exotropia (right) |
| SIVP | slow intravenous push |
| TC&DB | turn, cough, and deep breath |
| TKO | to keep open (intravenous) |
| TPPA | treponema pallidum particle agglutination (assay) |
| cGy | centigray |
| cert | certified, certificate |
| cysto | cystoscopy |
| p.r.n. | As needed. So that it is not always done, but done only when the situation calls for it (or example, taking a pain medication only when having pain and not without pain). |
| pks | packs |
