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abbreviations
Question | Answer |
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A, B. AB. O | blood types, ABO blood group |
AB, Ab, ab | anti body, abortion |
AIDS | acquired immune deficiency |
ALL | acute lymphocytic leukemia |
AML | acute myelogenous leukemia |
APC | antigen- presenting cell |
APTT | activated partial thromboplastin time |
baso | basophil (type of white blood cell) |
BMT | bone marrow transplant |
CBC | complete blood count |
CLL | chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
CML | chromic myelogenous leukemia |
DIC | disseminated intravascular coagulation |
diff | differential count (white blood cell) |
DVT | deep vein thrombosis; deep venous thrombosis |
EBV | Epstein-Barr virus |
eos | eosinophil (type of white blood cell) |
ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
G-CSF | granulocyte-colony stimulating factor |
GVHD | graft-versus-host disease |
GVHR | graft-versus-host reaction |
Hb, Hgb | hemoglobin |
HDN | hemolytic disease |
HIV | human immunodefiency virus |
Igs | immunoglobins |
lymphos | lymphocytes |
MNL | mono nuclear leukocytes |
NK cell | natural killer cells |
PA | posterioranterior, pernicious |
PCP | pneumocystis pneumonia, primary care physician |
PCV | packed cell volume |
PMN | polymorphonuclear |
PT | physical therapy, prothrombin time |
PTT | partial thromboplastin time |
RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
RBC | red blood cells |
segs | segmented neutrophils |
SLE | systemic lupus erythematous |
WBC | white blood count |
PMNL | polymorphonuclear leukocyte |