BC British medicine Abbreviation

Bladder Capacity

Blood Culture

Method of testing a sample of blood by placing it on a culture medium to see if foreign organisms in it grow

Branhamella Catarrhalis

Burkholderia Cepacia

A group of bacteria found in soil and water that are often resistant to common antibiotics. B. cepacia poses little medical risk to healthy people. However, people who have certain health problems such as a weakened immune systems or chronic lung disease, particularly cystic fibrosis (CF), are more susceptible to infection with it. Transmission of B. cepacia has been reported from contaminated solutions and medical devices as well as contaminated over-the-counter nasal spray and contaminated mouthwash. B. cepacia can also be spread to susceptible persons by person-to-person contact, contact with contaminated surfaces, and exposure to B. cepacia in the environment.

Backcross

Binding Capacity

Block Contracting

Blood Count

Bladder Cancer