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BUP
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BUPA
BUPA is a healthcare organisation with bases on four continents and more than eight million customers in 192 countries. Contents 1 Overview and history2 A global health and care specialist3 Provident status4 Medical research5 Leadership6 External links Overview and ..
Bupalus
Bupalus and Athenis, were sons of Archermus, and members of the celebrated school of sculpture in marble which flourished in Chios in the 6th century BC. They were contemporaries of the poet Hipponax, whom they were said to have caricatured. Their works consisted almost entirely of draped female fi..
BUPERS
BUPERS is an acronym for the United States Navy's Bureau of Naval Personnel. Their mission is similar to that of Human Resources in a corporation. Their mission statement is the following : "Our mission is to support the needs of the Navy by providing the Fleet with the right person in the right p..
Buphonia
Buphonia was a sacrificial ceremony performed in Ancient Greece, forming part of the Dilpolia, a religious festival held on the 14th of the month Skirophorion, June or July, at Athens, when a laboring ox was sacrificed to Zeus as protector of the city in accordance with a very ancient custom. The ox..
Bupivacaine
Bupivacaine (rINN) (IPA: [bjuˈpɪvəkeɪn]) is a local anaesthetic drug belonging to the amino amide group. It is commonly marketed by AstraZeneca under various trade names including Marcain, Marcaine and Sensorcaine. Contents 1 Clinical use1.1 Indications1.2 Contraindic..
Bupleurum
Bupleurm (Thorowax) is a medicinal root found natively in East Asia. The Chinese name is chaihu (柴胡). The leaves of the plant are long and thin and resemble fennel. Traditionally used to relieve infections with fever, hemorrhoids and indigestion. Bupleurum is a primary ingredient in a medici..
Buppie
Buppie is short for "Black Urban Professional," and is the African American subset of the Yuppie category. The group includes Black professionals and executives in their late twenties and early thirties, sometimes extending into the baby boomers. The term is sometimes used in derogatory fashion ..
Buprenorphine
Buprenorphine, also colloquially referred to as bupe, is an opioid drug with partial agonist and antagonist actions. Buprenorphine hydrochloride was first marketed in the 1980s by Reckitt & Colman (now Reckitt Benckiser) as an analgesic, yet is now primarily used for the treatment of opioid addict..
Buprestoidea
Buprestoidea is a superfamily of beetles. It contains two families: Buprestidae Leach 1815, the jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles.Schizopodidae LeConte 1861 ..
Bupropion
Bupropion (amfebutamone) (brand names Wellbutrin and Zyban) is an antidepressant of the aminoketone class, chemically unrelated to tricyclics or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It is similar in structure to the stimulant cathinone, and to phenethylamines in general. It is a chemic..
BU Poli Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca
BU Poli Mobitelco is a professional basketball team in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It plays in Romania's Division A and was the Romanian Cup runner-up in 2006. 2006 roster LeVar SEALSCatalin BACIUDon Paul Claudiu CHETREANUAurelian Tudor DUMITRESCUZoran KRSTANOVICSMihail Vlad SILVASANFlavius Marian LAPU..

 


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