| BASIC | Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Introduction Code |
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| BAT | basic aid training; best available technology; blunt abdominal trauma; brown adipose tissue |
| BCL | basic cycle length; B-cell leukemia/lymphoma |
| BCLS | basic cardiac life support |
| BCP | basic calcium phosphate; birth control pill; blue cone pigment; Blue Cross Plan; bromcresol purple |
| bismuth line | A black zone on the free marginal gingiva, often the first sign of poisoning from prolonged parenteral administration of bismuth. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bismuth oxide | Bi2O3;used for the same purposes as the subnitrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth oxycarbonate | (BiO)2CO3;used for the same purposes as bismuth subnitrate, but has lower toxicity. Synonym: bismuth carbonate, bismuth oxycarbonate, bismuthyl carbonate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth oxychloride | BiOCl;basic bismuth chloride, used for the same purposes as the subnitrate. Synonym: bismuth chloride oxide, bismuthyl chloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth oxynitrate | A basic salt, the composition of which varies with the conditions of preparation; used internally as an intestinal astringent and externally as a mild astringent and antiseptic; the metal is used as an electron microscope stain for nucleic acids. Synonym: bismuth oxynitrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth salicylate | See: bismuth subsalicylate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth sodium tartrate | A basic sodium bismuth tartrate; an antisyphilitic agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth sodium triglycollamate | Sodium bismuth complex of nitrilotriacetic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth subcarbonate | (BiO)2CO3;used for the same purposes as bismuth subnitrate, but has lower toxicity. Synonym: bismuth carbonate, bismuth oxycarbonate, bismuthyl carbonate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth subgallate | Used internally in diarrhoea and externally as an astringent and protective dusting powder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth subnitrate | A basic salt, the composition of which varies with the conditions of preparation; used internally as an intestinal astringent and externally as a mild astringent and antiseptic; the metal is used as an electron microscope stain for nucleic acids. Synonym: bismuth oxynitrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth subsalicylate | Used as an intestinal antiseptic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth tribromophenate | Used externally as an antiseptic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth trichloride | BiCl3;addition of water results in formation of bismuth oxychloride. Synonym: butter of bismuth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bismuth triiodide | BiI3;used in electron microscopy to reveal synapses. Synonym: bismuth triiodide. (05 Mar 2000) |