BAL - Medicine

Medicine

  • Blood-alcohol content, aka Blood-alcohol level
  • bioartificial liver - a medical procedure in which isolated hepatocytes are being used to provide temporary support for liver failure
  • Ongoing brain activity aka Brain Activity Level
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage, a medical procedure for obtaining a sample from within the lungs
  • British anti-Lewisite Dimercaprol used in the treatment of arsenic, mercury and lead, and other heavy metal poisoning, and the antidote for the blister agent Lewisite

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