"BME" meaning in English

See BME in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BME
  1. British Methodist Episcopal Church. Categories (topical): Sulfur
    Sense id: en-BME-en-name-aJcKyMg8 Disambiguation of Sulfur: 65 5 15 3 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 3 16 3 6

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} BME (uncountable)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of biomedical engineering. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: biomedical engineering Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-BME-en-noun-Db8jo1Bk Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine) Initialism of bone marrow examination. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: bone marrow examination Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-BME-en-noun-6Jy6UEKl Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (UK) Initialism of black and minority ethnic. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: black and minority ethnic
    Sense id: en-BME-en-noun-9DNKTxBY Categories (other): British English
  4. (organic chemistry) 2-Mercaptoethanol. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-BME-en-noun-O0Sjl5gV Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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