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Abbreviations
Term | Definition |
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A, B, AB, O | blood types in ABO blood group |
AB, Ab, ab | antibody; abortion |
AIDS | acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
ALL | acute lymphocytic leukemia |
AML | acute myelogenous leukemia |
ANA | antinuclear antibody |
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 | chronic myelogenous leukemia |
DIC | disseminated intravascular coagulation |
diff | differential count (white blood cells) |
DVT | deep vein thrombosis; deep venous thrombosis |
EBV | Epstein-Barr virus |
eos | eosinophil (type of white blood cell) |
ESR | erythocyte sedimentation rate |
GVHD | graft-versus-host disease |
GVHR | graft-versus-host reaction |
Hb, Hgb | hemoglobin |
HDN | hemolyctic disease of the newborn |
HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
Igs | immunoglobulins |
lymphos | lymphocytes |
MNL | mononuclear leukocytes |
NK cell | natural killer cell |
PA | posteroanterier *pernicious anemia, pulmonary artery |
PCP | pneumocytis pneumonia; primary care physician,; phenacyclidine (hallucinogen, drug) |
PCV | packed cell volume |
PMN | polymorphonuclear |
PMNL, poly | polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
PT | pt (patient) *prothombin time, physical therapy time |
PTT | partial thrmoplastin time |
RA | right atrium, rheumatoid arthritis |
RBC, rbc | red blood cell |
segs | segmented neutrophils |
SLE | systemic lupis erythematosus |
WBC, wbc | white blood cell |