Blood, Lymph, and Immune systems Abbreviations Flashcards
ALL
acute lymphocytic leukemia
AB, Ab, ab
antibody, abortion
AML
acute myelogenous leukemia
APC
antigen presenting cell
activated partial thromboplastin time
APTT
baso
basophil (type of white blood cell)
CBC
complete blood count
CLL
chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CML
chronic myelogenous leukemia
diff
differential count (white blood cells)
EBV
Epstein-Barr virus
eos
eosinophil
ESR
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Hb, Hgb
hemoglobin
HCT, Hct
hematocrit
HDN
hemolytic disease of the newborn
Igs
immunoglobulins
ITP
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
IV
intravenous
lymphos
lymphocytes
MCH
mean cell hemoglobin (average amount of hemoglobin per cell)
MCHC
mean cell hemoglobin concentration (average concentration of hemoglobin in a single red cell)
MCV
mean cell volume (average volume or size of a single red blood cell)
NK cell
natural killer cell
PA
posteroanterior; pernicious anemia; pulmonary artery
PCP
pneumocystis pneumonia; primary care physician, phencyclinide (hallucinogen)
PCV
packed cell volume
poly, PMN, PMNL
polymorphonuclear leukocyte
PT
prothrombin time, physical therapy
PTT
partial thromboplastin time
RA
right atrium; rheumatoid arthritis
sed
sedimentation\
segs
segmented neutrophils
SLE
systemic lupus erythematosus