13 Blood system abbreviations

Question 1

Ab

Answer 1

antibody

Question 2

ABO

Answer 2

four main blood types

Question 3

ALL

Answer 3

acute lymphocytic leukemia

Question 4

AML

Answer 4

acute myelocenous leukemia

Question 5

ANC

Answer 5

absolute neutrophil count

Question 6

bands

Answer 6

immature wbc, granulocytes

Question 7

BMT

Answer 7

bone marrow transplantation

Question 8

CBC

Answer 8

complete blood count

Question 9

CLL

Answer 9

chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Question 10

CML

Answer 10

chronic myelogenous leukemia

Question 11

DIC

Answer 11

disseminated intravascular coagulation- bleeding disorder marked by reduction of clotting factors

Question 12

diff

Answer 12

differential count (wbc)

Question 13

EBV

Answer 13

Epsteinn-Barr virus- mono

Question 14

EPO

Answer 14

erythropoietin

Question 15

ESR

Answer 15

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Question 16

Hct

Answer 16

hematocrit

Question 17

H and H

Answer 17

hemoglobin and hematocrit

Question 18

IgA, IgD…

Answer 18

immunoglobulins

Question 19

MCH

Answer 19

mean corpuscular hemoglobin, avg amount of hgb per cell

Question 20

MCHC

Answer 20

mean corpuscular hgb concentration, avg concentration of hgb in single red cell, when low cell is hypochromic

Question 21

MCV

Answer 21

mean corpuscular volume -avg volume or size of a single cell, when high cells are macrocytic, low- cells are microcytic

Question 22

PT

Answer 22

prothrombin time

Question 23

PTT

Answer 23

partial thromboplastin time

Question 24

sed rate

Answer 24

erythrocye sedimentation rate