| B/S | Balance sheet |
| b.u.v. | beschlossen und verkndet |
| B&L | Bausch & Lomb (US optical manufacturer) |
| B&S | Brown and Sharp (wire gauge) |
| BAB | Bundesautobahn |
| BAe | British Aerospace |
| BAE | Behind-armor effect |
| BAEE | N-a-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester hydrochloride |
| BAK | Blutalkoholkonzentration |
| BAL | British Anti-Lewisite; 2,3-dimercaptopropanol |
| BAM | Bunedesanstalt fuer Materialpruefung |
| BAM | Bacteriological Analytical Manual (US FDA) |
| BAN | British Approved Name (pharmaceuticals) |
| BANI | N-a-benzoyl-DL-arginine-p-nitroanilide hydrochloride |
| BAP | Bacterial alkaline phosphatase |
| BAPP | Betaamyloid Precursor Protein(Alzheimer's disease |
| BAR | Browning Automatic Rifle (US army, adopted 1918) |
| BASF | Chemical Co.; originally Badische Anilin- und Soda Fabrik |
| BATF | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (US) |
| BB | Pellet sizes, used in 'BB guns' or shot charges |
| BB | Base bleed (artillery projectile) |
| BB | Beveled base (bullet) |
| BB | Bulleted breech, an obsolete very low-power .22 cal. cartridge |
| BBC | Brombenzyl cyanide (tear gas) |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Company |
| BBL | Baltimore Biological Laboratories (supplier of microbial media) |
| BBN | 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]-nonane |
| BBO | Beta Barium Borate |
| BBS | Biological, Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| BBS | Borate-buffered saline solution |
| BBS | Bulletin Board System (computer) |
| BCG | Bacillus Calmette-Guerin |
| BCIP | 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl phosphate |
| BCS | Biopharmaceutics Classification System |
| Bd | Band |
| BD | Border disease |
| BDT | Breakthrough Detection Time (safety glove rating) |
| BEA | Bureau of Export Administration (US Dept. of Commerce) |
| BEDO | Burst EDO (extended data out RAM) |
| BER | Bit Error Rate |
| BES | N,N-bis[2-hydroxyethyl]-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid (buffer) |
| BET | Bacterial Endotoxins Test |
| BEVS | Baculovirus expression vector system |
| BFO | Beat frequency oscillator |
| BFS | Blow-Fill-Seal (form, fill, and seal containers in-line) |
| BGA | Ball Grid Array (printed circuit board production method) |
| BGA | Ball Grid Array (printed circuit board production method) |
| BGA | Bundesgesundheitsamt / Federal Health Authority (Now RKI) |
| BGB | Brgerliches Gesetzbuch/Civil Code |
| BHA | Butylated Hydroxyanisole(antioxidant) |
| BHAP | Bis-heteroaryl-piperazines (a class of AIDS drugs) |
| BHI | Brain-Heart Infusion (bacterial medium) |
| BHK | Baby hamster kidney |
| BHP | Brake Horsepower |
| BHP | Brake Horsepower |
| BHT | Butylated Hydroxytoluene (antioxidant) |
| BI | Backward Incline (centrifugal blower) |
| Bia | Benzimidazolylalanine |
| BIAM | Bundesinstitut fr Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte |
| BIAS | Bismuth active substance |
| BICINE | N,N-bis[2-hydroxyethyl]glycine (buffer) |
| BImSchG | Bundesimmissionsschutzgesetz |
| BIND | Biomolecular Interaction Network Database |
| BIO | Biotechnology Industry Organization |
| BIOS | Basic input/output system |
| BIS-TRIS | bis-[2-hydroxylethyl]imino-tris[hydroxymethyl]methane (buffer) |
| BL | Bruttolistpreis |
| Bl | Blatt |
| BLA | Biologic License Application |
| BLAST | Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (program for database searching) |
| BLEVE | Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion |
| BLO | a-butyrolactone |
| BLP | Bruttolistpreis |
| BLR | Blindado Ligero de Ruedas |
| BMC | Bulk molding compound |
| BMG | Buffered minimal glycerol (culture medium) |
| bmim | 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium (cation) |
| BMM | Buffered minimal methanol (culture medium) |
| BMR | Blindado Medio de Ruedas |
| BMS | Borane-methyl sulfide complex |
| BMT | Bone Marrow Transplant(ation) |
| BN | Benzonitrile |
| BNB | 2,4,6-tri-tert.-butylnitrosobenzene |
| BNC | A type of coaxial cable connector |
| BNF | British National Formulary |
| BOC | tert-butoxycarbonyl |
| BOCA | Building Officials and Code Administrators, International |
| BOD | Biological oxygen demand(BOD5: 5-day BOD) |
| BOM | Benzyloxymethyl |
| BOP | (Benzotriazol-1-yloxy-tris(dimethylamino)-phosphonium hexafluorophosphate |
| BOPC | (bis(2-keto-2-oxazolidinyl)phosphine chloride) |
| BP | Blood pressure |
| BP | British Pharmacopoeia |
| bp | base pair(s) (in DNA) |
| BPB | Bromphenol blue |
| BPC | British Pharmacopoeia Commission |
| BPCC | 2,2'-bipyridinium chlorochromate |
| BPEA | 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene |
| BPF | British Plastics Federation |
| BPH | Benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| BPS | Belgian Pain Society |
| bpy | Bipyridyl |
| BRD(C) | Bovine respiratory disease (complex) |
| BS | Bronchial Secretion |
| BSA | Birmingham Small Arms (England) |
| BSA | Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetamide |
| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| BSA | Boy Scouts of America |
| BSC | Bench Scale Calorimeter |
| BSC | Biological Safety Cabinet |
| BSCCO | Bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide |
| BSE | Bovine spongioform encephalopathy |
| BSH | Benzenesulfonyl hydrazide |
| BSI | British Standards Institution |
| BST | Bovine Somatotrophin |
| BSTFA | Bis(trimethylsilyl) trifluoroacetamide |
| BT | Blue tetrazolium |
| BT | Boat-tail (bullet) |
| BTB | Bromthymol blue |
| BTDA | Benzophenonetetracarboxylic (acid) Dianhydride |
| BTEAC | Benzyltriethylammonium chloride |
| BTEE | N-benzoyl-L-tyrosine ethyl ester |
| BTEX | Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes |
| BTMSA | Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene |
| BTMSB | Bis(trimethylsilyl)-1,3-butadiyne |
| BTX | Benzene, Toluene, Xylene (may be considered to include ethylbenzene) |
| BUN | Blood Urea Nitrogen |
| BVD | Bovine viral diarrhea |
| BVDs | A brand of long woolen underwear |
| BVDV | Bovine viral diarrhea virus |
| BW | Biological Warfare |
| BWC | Biological Weapons Convention |
| BX | Symbol for flexible armored electrical cable |
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