Blood, Lymph, and Immune systems Abbreviations

Question 0

ALL

Answer 0

acute lymphocytic leukemia

Question 1

AB, Ab, ab

Answer 1

antibody, abortion

Question 2

AML

Answer 2

acute myelogenous leukemia

Question 3

APC

Answer 3

antigen presenting cell

Question 4

activated partial thromboplastin time

Answer 4

APTT

Question 5

baso

Answer 5

basophil (type of white blood cell)

Question 6

CBC

Answer 6

complete blood count

Question 7

CLL

Answer 7

chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Question 8

CML

Answer 8

chronic myelogenous leukemia

Question 9

diff

Answer 9

differential count (white blood cells)

Question 10

EBV

Answer 10

Epstein-Barr virus

Question 11

eos

Answer 11

eosinophil

Question 12

ESR

Answer 12

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Question 13

Hb, Hgb

Answer 13

hemoglobin

Question 14

HCT, Hct

Answer 14

hematocrit

Question 15

HDN

Answer 15

hemolytic disease of the newborn

Question 16

Igs

Answer 16

immunoglobulins

Question 17

ITP

Answer 17

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Question 18

IV

Answer 18

intravenous

Question 19

lymphos

Answer 19

lymphocytes

Question 20

MCH

Answer 20

mean cell hemoglobin (average amount of hemoglobin per cell)

Question 21

MCHC

Answer 21

mean cell hemoglobin concentration (average concentration of hemoglobin in a single red cell)

Question 22

MCV

Answer 22

mean cell volume (average volume or size of a single red blood cell)

Question 23

NK cell

Answer 23

natural killer cell

Question 24

PA

Answer 24

posteroanterior; pernicious anemia; pulmonary artery

Question 25

PCP

Answer 25

pneumocystis pneumonia; primary care physician, phencyclinide (hallucinogen)

Question 26

PCV

Answer 26

packed cell volume

Question 27

poly, PMN, PMNL

Answer 27

polymorphonuclear leukocyte

Question 28

PT

Answer 28

prothrombin time, physical therapy

Question 29

PTT

Answer 29

partial thromboplastin time

Question 30

RA

Answer 30

right atrium; rheumatoid arthritis

Question 31

sed

Answer 31

sedimentation\

Question 32

segs

Answer 32

segmented neutrophils

Question 33

SLE

Answer 33

systemic lupus erythematosus