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BME

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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name

Meaning 1

British Methodist Episcopal Church.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

Initialism of biomedical engineering.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of bone marrow examination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of black and minority ethnic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

2-Mercaptoethanol.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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History

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