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week three
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CBC | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
| AIDS | ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME |
| ALL | ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA |
| AML | ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA |
| BMT | BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT |
| CBC | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
| CML | CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA |
| DIC | DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION |
| EBV | EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS |
| ESR | ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE |
| Hct | HEMATOCRIT |
| Hgb | HEMOGLOBIN |
| HIV | HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS |
| INR | INTERNATIONAL NOMALIZED RATIO |
| ITP | IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA |
| IV | INTRAVENOUS |
| IVIG | INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN |
| LAD | LYMPHADENOPATHY |
| NCAT | NO CERVICAL ADENOPATHY/TENDERNESS |
| PIT | PATELET COUNT |
| PT | PROTHROMBIN TIME |
| PTT | PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME |
| RBC | RED BLOOD COUNT |
| TTP | THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA |
| WBC | WHITE BLOOD COUNT |
| CELLS | CYTES |
| RED BLOOD CELL | ERYTHROCYTES |
| PLATELETS | THROMBOCYTES |
| COAGULATION | COAGUL/O |
| CLOT | THROMB/O |
| BLOOD | HEM/O, HEMAT/O |
| WHITE | LEUK/O |
| VEIN | PHLEB/O |
| LYMPH | LYMPH/O |
| BONE MARROW/SPINE | MYEL |
| SPLEEN | SPLEN/O |
| THYMUS | THYM/O |
| IMMUNE SYSTEM | IMMUN/O |
| DEFICIENCY | -PENIA |
| ANEMIA | REDUCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS |
| ECCHYMOSIS | LARGE BRUISE |
| HEMATOMA | MASS OF BLOOD WITHIN AN ORGAN |
| HEMOPHILA | CONDITION IN WHICH BLOOD DOESNT CLOT |
| PETECHIA | SMALL BRUISE |
| REPERFUSION INJURY | INJURY TO TISSUE THAT OCCURS AFTER BLOOD FLOW IS RESTORED |