BME

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See also: B.M.E.

English[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

BME

  1. British Methodist Episcopal Church.

Noun[edit]

BME (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of biomedical engineering.
  2. (medicine) Initialism of bone marrow examination.
  3. (UK) Initialism of black and minority ethnic.[1]
    Coordinate term: BAME
    • 2018 March 9, “BME label insulting, says ex-minister Priti Patel”, in BBC.co.uk‎[2]:
      "I challenge all my colleagues in the Conservative Party and in Westminster: Don't label me as a BME. I've said that to people in the cabinet. I've said that to civil servants. I think it's patronising and insulting."
  4. (organic chemistry) 2-Mercaptoethanol.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rajdeep Sandhu (2018 May 17) “Should BAME be ditched as a term for black, Asian and minority ethnic people?”, in BBC News‎[1], BBC

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