| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | EBMT | European Group For Blood And Marrow Transplantation |
 | LBV | Lagos Bat Virus; Left Brachial Vein; Lung Blood Volume |
 | PBV | Predicted Blood Volume; Pulmonary Blood Volume |
 | LBS | Lübeck Blood [Pressure] Study |
 | MBG | Marburg [disease]; Mean Blood Glucose; Morphine-benzedrine Group [scale] |
 | RCBF | Regional Cerebral Blood Flow |
 | EDBP | Erect Diastolic Blood Pressure |
 | BBF | Bronchial Blood Flow |
 | BW | Blood Wasserman [reaction] |
 | MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory; Menstrual Blood Loss; Minimum Bactericidal Level |
 | LHBV | Left Heart Blood Volume |
 | JNC-VI | Sixth Report Of The Joint National Committee On Detection, Evaluation And Treatment Of High Blood Pressure |
 | BLV | Biological Limit Value; Blood Volume; Bovine Leukemia Virus |
 | FSB | Fetal Scalp Blood |
 | NHLBI-PTCA | National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty [registry] |