Blood, Lymph, and Immune System

antibody, abortion

blood types in ABO blood group

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

acute lymphocytic leukemia

acute myelogenous leukemia

Antigen-presenting cell

activated partial thrombo-plastin time

basophil (type of white blood cell)

complete blood count

chronic lymphocytic leukemia

chronic myelogenous leukemia

differential count (white blood cells)

Epstein-Barr virus

eosinophil (type of white blood cell)

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

hemoglobin

hematocrit

hemolytic disease of the newborn

human immunodeficiency virus

immunoglobulins

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

intravenous

lymphocytes

mean cell hemoglobin (average amount of hemoglobin per cell)

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

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

milliliter (1/1000 of a liter)

natural killer cell

posteroanterior; pernicious anemia; pulmonary artery

Pneumocystis pneumonia; primary care physician; phencyclidine (hallucinogen)

packed cell volume

polymorphonuclear leukocyte

prothrombin time, physical therapy

partial thromboplastin time

right atrium; rheumatoid arthritis

red blood cell

sedimentation

segmented neutrophils

systemic lupus erythematosus

white blood cell