| BV | bacitracin V; bacterial vaginosis; biological value; blood vessel; blood volume; bronchovesicular |
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| BVE | binocular visual efficiency; blood vessel endothelium; blood volume expander |
| BVP | blood vessel prosthesis; blood volume pulse; burst of ventricular pacing |
| CBC | capillary blood gases; carbenicillin; child behavior characteristics; complete blood cell count |
| EBV | effective blood volume; Epstein-Barr virus; estimated blood volume |
| laky blood | Blood that is undergoing or has undergone laking. See: lake, laky. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fragility of the blood | The susceptibility, or lack of resistance, of erythrocytes to haemolysis when exposed to increasingly hypotonic saline solutions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Full Blood Count | <haematology, investigation> The determination of the proper number of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are present in the patients blood. Acronym: FBC (16 Dec 1997) |
| Lewis blood group | <haematology> A pair of blood group activities associated with the A, B, H substances. Lewis Lea is a separate gene, whereas Leb arises from the combined activity of the enzymes specified by Le(a) and H genes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| lewis blood-group system | A group of dominantly and independently inherited antigens associated with the abo blood factors. They are glycolipids present in plasma and secretions that may adhere to the erythrocytes. The phenotype le(b) is the result of the interaction of the le gene le(a) with the genes for the abo blood groups. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Loeffler's blood culture medium | A culture medium consisting of beef blood serum, sheep blood serum, and beef bouillon containing peptone, glucose, and sodium chloride; used for the isolation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lutheran blood-group system | A complex blood group system having pairs of alternate antigens and amorphic genes, but also subject to a dominant independently segregating repressor. (12 Dec 1998) |