"BHB" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: BHBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} BHB (plural BHBs)
  1. (astronomy) Abbreviation of blue horizontal branch. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: blue horizontal branch Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-BHB-en-noun-pc-qIUTK Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of beta-hydroxybutyrate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: beta-hydroxybutyrate Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-BHB-en-noun-OqeEkeiw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 73 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ZAHB (english: zero-age horizontal branch), HB (english: horizontal branch), AGB (english: asymptotic giant branch), TRGB (english: tip of the red giant branch)

Inflected forms

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