| BAL | blood alcohol level; British anti-lewisite; bronchoalveolar lavage |
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| BALF | broncho-alveolar lavage fluid |
| BALT | broncho-alveolar lavage fluid; bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue |
| BL | Barre-Lieou [syndrome]; basal lamina; baseline; Bessey-Lowry [unit]; black light; bladder; bleeding;... |
| CLL | cholesterol-lowering lipid; chronic lymphatic leukemia; chronic lymphocytic leukemia; cow lung lavag... |
| pleural stripe | On a chest radiograph, the soft tissue stripe between the opacity of the aerated lung and that of the cortex of the rib. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pleural villi | Shaggy appendages on the pleura in the neighborhood of the costomediastinal sinus. Synonym: villi pleurales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| empyema, pleural | Suppurative inflammation of the pleural space. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tuberculosis, pleural | Tuberculosis of the serous membrane lining the thoracic cavity and surrounding the lungs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| large pleural effusion | <radiology> 3 T's, tumour, TB, trauma (12 Dec 1998) |