| BPA | blood pressure assembly; bovine plasma albumin; British Paediatric Association; bronchopulmonary asp... |
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| BPF | bradykinin-potentiating factor; bronchopulmonary fistula; burst-promoting factor |
| BRAP | burst of rapid atrial pacing |
| BVP | blood vessel prosthesis; blood volume pulse; burst of ventricular pacing |
| DBS | deep brain stimulation; Denis Browne splint; despeciated bovine serum; Diamond-Blackfan syndrome; di... |
| laminar air flow unit | An air-filtering system used at some transplant facilities to remove particulate matter and fungi from the air. (16 Dec 1997) |
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| lung unit | A respiratory bronchiole together with the alveolar ducts and sacs and pulmonary alveoli into which the respiratory bronchiole leads, considered by some to include the terminal bronchiole and its subdivisions, and called a pulmonary acinus. (05 Mar 2000) |