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BMI
BMI
Body mass index.
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Blurred vision
Lack of sharpness of vision with, as a result, the inability to see fine detail. Blurred vision can occur when a person who wears corrective lens is without them. Blurred vision can also be an important clue to eye disease.
Blush
A redness of the skin, typically over the cheeks or neck. A blush is usually temporary and brought on by excitement, exercise, fever, or embarrassment. Blushing is an involuntary (uncontrollable) response of the nervous system leading to widening of the capillaries of the involved skin. Also referred to as a flush.
BM
"Abbreviation for ""black male"" used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical examination."
BMD (bone mass density)
Abbreviation for bone mass density and the synonymous term, bone mineral density.
BMD (bone mineral density)
Abbreviation for bone mineral density and, the synonymous term, bone mass density.
BMI
BMJ
"The British Medical Journal. The BMJ states that it ""aims to help doctors everywhere practice better medicine and to influence the debate on health."" To achieve these aims (the BMJ) publishes original scientific studies, review and educational articles, and papers commenting on the clinical, scientific, social, political, and economic factors affecting health. "
BMP
Bone morphogenetic protein.
BMP2
Bone morphogenic protein 2.
BMPR1A
A gene located on chromosome 10 in band 10q22.3 that encodes bone morphogenic protein receptor 1A, a kinase receptor that is involved in bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling. Mutations in BMPR1A account for 25% to 40% of cases of juvenile polyposis, an autosomal dominant gastrointestinal polyposis syndrome in which patients are at risk for developing gastrointestinal cancers.
BNP
B-type natriuretic peptide.
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