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Terminology ( Abbreviations)
Term | Definition |
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A, B, AB, O | antibody, abortion |
AB, Ab, ab | blood types in the ABO blood group |
AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficency Syndrome |
ALL | Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia |
AML | Acute Myelogenous Leukemia |
APC | Antigen-presenting cell |
APTT | Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time |
baso | basophil |
BMT | bone marrow transplant |
CBC | complete blood count |
CLL | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia |
CML | Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia |
DIC | disseminated intravascular coagulation |
diff | differential count |
DVT | Deep Vein Thrombosis / Deep Venous Thrombosis |
EBV | Epstein-Barr Virus |
eos | eosinphil |
ESR | erthrocyte sedimentation rate |
G-CSF | granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor |
GVHD | graft-versus-host disease |
GVHR | graft-versus-host reaction |
Hb, Hgb | hemoglobin |
HDN | hemolytic disease of the newborn |
HIV | Human Immunodeficency Virus |
lgs | immunoglobulins |
lymphos | lymphocytes |
MNL | mononuclear leuocytes |
NK cell | natural killer cell |
PA | pernicious anemia |
PCP | pneumocystis pneumonia, primary care physician, phencyclidine |
PCV | packed cell volume |
PMN | polymorphonuclear |
PMNL,poly | polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
PT | prothrombin time; physical therapy |
PTT | partial thromboplastin time |
RA | right atrium; rheumatoid arthritis |
RBC, rbc | red blood cell |
segs | segmented neutrophils |
SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus |
WBC, wbc | white blood cell |