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Biliopancreatic diversion
Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) is a bariatric operation combining partial stomach removal with intestinal bypass for malabsorption, first reported by Nicola Scopinaro in 1979 and now under 2% of procedures.
biliROP study
biliROP (NCT05806684) is a retrospective cohort study at Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, on hyperbilirubinemia and retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants; it found higher ROP risk with jaundice exposure (13.8% vs 7.8%).
Bilirubin
Bilirubin, the yellow bile pigment from heme breakdown (mainly hemoglobin of senescent red cells), is albumin-bound unconjugated, liver-conjugated to diglucuronide, excreted in bile; excess causes jaundice and neonatal kernicterus.
Bilirubinuria
Bilirubinuria is the presence of water-soluble conjugated bilirubin in the urine, a sign of hepatocellular disease or biliary obstruction that often darkens the urine before jaundice is visible.
Bilistiche
Bilistiche, also known as Belistiche, was a mistress of Ptolemy II Philadelphus who won two Olympic chariot victories at Olympia in 268 and 264 BC.
Bilkent University
Bilkent University (Bilkent Üniversitesi) is Turkey's first private, nonprofit foundation university, founded October 20, 1984 in Ankara by İhsan Doğramacı, admitting 386 students in 1986, now ~12,500 students, 30 undergraduate and 59 graduate programs.
Bilkis Bano case
Bilkis Bano case (Bilkis Yakub Rasool v. Union of India, 2024 INSC 24): 2002 Gujarat riots gang rape and murder case; 11 life convicts released on remission in August 2022, quashed by the Supreme Court on 8 January 2024 because Maharashtra, the convicting state under Section 432(7)(b) CrPC, was the appropriate government.
Bill (law)
A bill is a proposed law debated by a legislature; in the US it needs majorities in both chambers and presidential signature or a veto override, while in Westminster systems it becomes an act on royal assent.
Bill (weapon)
The bill is a European staff weapon of the later Middle Ages, a polearm with a curved blade, hook, and spike used chiefly by English infantry.
Bill & Jillian Nershi ft. Jason Hann
Bill & Jillian Nershi ft. Jason Hann, billed the Nershi Hann Trio, is an acoustic side project of The String Cheese Incident that first toured in 2023.
Bill & Ted
Bill & Ted comedy franchise: Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and Ted Logan (Keanu Reeves) time-travel in a phone booth; films from 1989, 1991, 2020; band Wyld Stallyns' song saves the universe.
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Bill & Ted Face the Music, also called Bill & Ted III, is a 2020 American science-fiction comedy and the third film in the Bill & Ted series.
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is a 1991 American science fiction comedy directed by Peter Hewitt, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter as Bill and Ted, the sequel to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a 1989 American science-fiction comedy directed by Stephen Herek, in which two San Dimas teenagers travel through history to collect historical figures.
Bill Ackman
Bill Ackman, also known as William A. Ackman, is an American activist investor who founded Pershing Square Capital Management in 2003, known for public campaigns against MBIA and Herbalife.
Bill Alexander (painter)
Bill Alexander (Wilhelm Alexander, 1915–1997), German-born painter and PBS host of The Magic of Oil Painting, popularized wet-on-wet oil painting in America and taught Bob Ross; distinct from the Georgia fiber artist and the 1767–1816 watercolorist.
Bill Allen
Bill Allen (William Charles Allen) is an American competitive sailor who won Soling gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics crewing for Buddy Melges, and a renowned E Scow racer.
Bill Anderson (singer)
Bill Anderson (James William Anderson III, born 1937), "Whispering Bill," American country singer-songwriter, Grand Ole Opry member since 1961; wrote "City Lights" (Ray Price #1, 1958), hit "Still" (1963), Country Music Hall of Fame 2001.
Bill Ayers
Bill Ayers (William Ayers, born 1944) is an American educator, SDS officer, and Weather Underground co-founder, later a UIC education professor whose Chicago Annenberg Challenge ties to Obama fueled the 2008 campaign controversy.
Bill B. May
Bill B. May (1935–2016) was an American electrical engineer who founded the electronic warfare company ARGOSystems and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1988.
Bill Bachenberg
Bill Bachenberg (William A. Bachenberg), Allentown-area Pennsylvania businessman, DBSi founder, Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays owner, 2020 alternate-elector chair, XRVision lawsuit defendant settled for $500,000, and NRA president from May 2025 after losing the 2025 Pennsylvania GOP chair race to Greg Rothman.
Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey, born Mark Robert Bailey in 1965, is an English comedian, musician, and actor known for musical stand-up shows and for starring in Black Books.
Bill Baillie
Bill Baillie (1934–18) was a New Zealand distance runner, sixth in the 1964 Olympic 5000 m, who set world records for 20,000 m and one hour in 1963 and won 15 New Zealand titles.
Bill Baker
Bill Baker (William Robert Baker, born 1956) is an American defenseman who won 1980 Olympic hockey gold with the "Miracle on Ice" team, scored the tying goal against Sweden, played 143 NHL games, and became an oral surgeon.
Bill Banyai
Bill Banyai is a semiconductor-and-optics engineer who co-founded synthetic DNA maker Twist Bioscience in 2013, serving as COO until 2020, and now leads Atlas Data Storage as CTO.
Bill Barrett
Bill Barrett (William Melvin Barrett), American swimmer, UCLA 1980-82; set 200m IM world record 2:03.24 at 1980 Olympic Trials, boycotted Moscow Olympics, won three NCAA 200-yard IM titles, captained UCLA's 1982 NCAA title team.
Bill Bartlett (musician)
Bill Bartlett, born in 1946, is a rock guitarist known as lead guitarist of the Lemon Pipers, whose "Green Tambourine" topped the US charts in 1968.
Bill Beaumont
Bill Beaumont (born 1952) is an English former rugby union lock who captained England to the 1980 Grand Slam and the 1980 Lions tour of South Africa, then served as World Rugby Chairman 2016-2024 before Brett Robinson succeeded him.
Bill Becklean
Bill Becklean (William Russell Becklean, born 23 June 1936, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American rowing coxswain who won gold in the men's eight at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics after coxing Yale's crews.
Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick, American football coach; six Super Bowls as Patriots head coach (2000-2023), two more with the Giants; 302-165 regular-season record; UNC head coach since December 2024.