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
    • 2007 June 13, Sarah Hall, “Ethnic minority jurors favour black defendants 'to level playing field'”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      But the research found the attitude of individual BME jurors did not alter the overall outcome of the trial.
    • 2018 March 9, “BME label insulting, says ex-minister Priti Patel”, in BBC‎[3]:
      "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 (17 May 2018) “Should BAME be ditched as a term for black, Asian and minority ethnic people?”, in BBC News‎[1], BBC

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