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Medical Terminology
Abrreviations of the blood
Term | Definition |
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ALL | Acute lymphocytic leukaemia |
AML | Acute myeloid leukaemia |
APT | Activated prothrombin time |
APPT | Activated partial thromboplastin time |
BUN | Blood urea nitrogen |
CLL | Chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
CML | Chronic myeloid leukaemia |
ESR | Erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
FBC | Full blood count |
Hb | Haemoglobin |
HDL | High density lipoprotein |
IG | Immunoglobin |
INR | International normalised ratio (prothrombin time) |
LDL | Low density lipoprotein |
MCH | Mean corpuscular haemoglobin |
MCHC | Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration |
MCV | Mean corpuscular volume |
PCV | Packed cell volume |
RBC | Red blood count |
TIBC | Total iron-binding capacity |
WBC | White blood count |
WBC & diff | White blood count and different percentage present |