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Terminology ( Abbreviations)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |