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A, B, AB, O
blood types in ABO blood group
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AIDS
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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ALL
acute lymphocytic leukemia
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AML
acute myelogenous leukemia
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APC
Antigen-presenting cell
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APTT
activated partial thromboplastin time
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baso
basophil (type of white blood cell)
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CLL
chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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CML
chronic myelogenous leukemia
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diff
differential count (white blood cells)
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eos
eosinophil (type of white blood cell)
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ESR
erthyrocyte sedimentation rate
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HDN
hemolytic disease of the newborn
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ITP
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
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MCH
mean cell hemoglobin (average amount of hemoglobin per cell)
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MCHC
mean cell hemoglobin concentration (average concentration of hemoglobin in a single red cell)
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MCV
mean cell volume (average volume or size of a single red blood cell)
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ml, mL
milliliter (1/1000 of a liter)
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NK cell
natural killer cell
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PA
- posteroanterior
- pernicious anemia
- pulmonary artery
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PCP
- pneumocystis pneumonia
- primary care physician
- phencyclidine (hallucinogen)
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poly, PMN, PMNL
polymorphonuclear leukocyte
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PT
- prothrombin time
- physical therapy
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PTT
partial thromboplastin time
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RA
- right atrium
- rheumatoid arthritis
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segs
segmented neutrophils
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SLE
systemic luupus erythermatosus
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WBC, wbc
white blood cell
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