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Abbreviations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ALL | acute lymphocytic leukmia |
| AML | acute myelogenous leukmia |
| basos | basophils |
| BMT | bone marrow transplant |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| CLL | chronic lymphoctic leukmia |
| CML | chronic myelogenous leukmia |
| diff | differential |
| eosins | eosiophils |
| eos | eosiophils |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| SR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| sed rate | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| HCT | hematocrit |
| Hct | hematocrit |
| crit | hematocrit |
| Hgb | hemoglobin |
| Hb | hemoglobin |
| HGB | hemoglobin |
| lymphs | lymphocytes |
| monos | monocytes |
| PA | pernicious anemia |
| PCV | packed cell volume |
| PMN | polymorphonuclear neutrophils |
| polys | polymorphonuclear neutrophils |
| PT | prothrombin time |
| pro-time | prothrombin time |
| RBC | red blood count |
| RH+ | RH-positive |
| RH- | RH-negative |
| segs | segmented neutrophils |
| SMACC | sequential multiple analyzer computer |
| WBC | white blood count |
| AIDS | acquried immunodeficiency syndrome |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| GVHD | graft versus host disease |
| HD | Hodgink's disease |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| Ig | immunoglobins |
| KS | Kaposi's sarcoma |
| mono | mononucleosis |
| NHL | non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| NK | natural killer cells |
| PCP | pneumocystis pneumonia |
| SCIDS | serve combined immunodeficiency syndrone |