BME

See also: B.M.E.

English

BME

BME (uncountable)

(medicine) Initialism of biomedical engineering.
(medicine) Initialism of bone marrow examination.
(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."
(organic chemistry) 2-Mercaptoethanol.

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