BME

See also: B.M.E.

English

Proper noun

BME

  1. British Methodist Episcopal Church.

Noun

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

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