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AB, Ab, ab
antibody, abortion
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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 thrombo-plastin 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
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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HDN
hemolytic disease of the newborn
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HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
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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 lupus erythematosus
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WBC, wbc
white blood cell
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