BVM

See also: B.V.M. and bvm

English

Alternative forms

Noun

BVM (plural BVMs)

  1. Initialism of bag valve mask.
    • 2020 April 9, “MPS Created an Open-Source Ventilator to Battle COVID-19”, in PR Newswire‎[1]:
      MPS’s low-cost automated Bag Valve Mask (BVM) resuscitator mechanizes the human squeezing of the bag. BVMs are readily available in hospitals and ambulances, and in this design, the BVM can be easily accessed and removed if manual intervention is required.

Proper noun

BVM

  1. Initialism of Blessed Virgin Mary.
    • 2018 March 26, Jill Martin, “March Madness: Sister Jean stealing the show at the NCAA tournament”, in CNN‎[2]:
      According to Loyola-Chicago’s website, she’s been in the religious order of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin (BVM) for 81 years.
      She joined the BVMs in 1937 and earned multiple degrees at schools in Los Angeles. She was a principal, coach and teacher at several schools in California and Illinois.

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Latin

Alternative forms

  • B. V. M.

Proper noun

BVM

  1. initialism of Beāta Virgō Marīa
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