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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A,B,AB,O | blood types in ABO blood group |
| AB,Ab,ab | antibody; abortion |
| AIDS | acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| ALL | acute lymphocytic leukemia |
| AML | acute myelogenous leukemia |
| APC | antigen-presenting cell |
| APTT | activated partial thromboplastin time |
| baso | basophil (type of white blood cell) |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| CLL | chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
| CML | chronic myelogenous leukemia |
| diff | differential count |
| EBV | Epstein-Barr virus |
| eos | eosinophil (type of white blood cell) |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| FBS | fasting blood sugar |
| G-CSF | granulocyte colony-stimulating factor |
| GTT | glucose tolerance test |
| GVHD | graft-versus-host reaction |
| Hb, Hgb | hemoglobin |
| HCT, Hct | hematocrit |
| HDN | hemolytic disease of the newborn |
| HIV | human immunodefiency virus |
| Igs | immunoglobins |
| INR | international normalized ratio |
| ITP | idiopathic thrombcytopenic purpura |
| IV | intravenous |
| lymphos | lymphocytes |
| MCH | mean corpuscular hemoglobin |
| MCHC | mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration |
| MCV | mean corpuscular volume |
| ml, mL | millilitres |
| NK cell | natural killer cell |
| PA | pernicious anemia |
| PCp | pneumocystis pneumonia |
| PCV | packed cell volume |
| poly, PMN, PML | polymorphonuclear; polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
| PT | prothrombin time |
| PTT | partial thromboplastin time |
| RA | right atrium; rheumatoid arthritis |
| RBC, rbc | red blood cell |
| sed | sedation |
| segs | segmented neutrophils |
| SLE | systemic lupus erythromatosus |
| WBC, wbc | white blood cell |