abbreviations

• Ab

  antibody
• ABMT


  autologous bone marrow transplantation
• ABO


  four main blood types - A, B, AB, and O
• ALL


  acute lymphocytic leukemia
• AML


  acute myelogenous leukemia
• ANC


  acute neutrophil count
• ASCT


  autologous stem cell transplantation
• banda


  immature white blood cells (granulocytes)
• baso


  basophils
• BMT


  bone marrow transplantation
• CBC


  complete blood count
• CLL


  chronic lymphocytic leukemia
• CML


  chronic myelogenous leukemia
• DIC 


  disseminated intravascular coagulation
• diff


  differential count (white blood cells)
• EBV


  epstein-barr virus
• eos


  eosinophils
• EPO


  erythropoietin
• ESR


  erythrocyte sedimentation rate
• Fe


  iron
• G-CSF

  granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
• GM-CSF


  granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
• g/dL

  gram per deciliter
• GVHD

  graft-versus-host disease
• HCL


  hairy cell leukemia
• Hct

  hematocrit
• Hgh, HGB

  hemoglobin
• H and H

  hemoglobin and hematocrit
• HLA


  human leukocyte antigen
• IgS, IgD, IgE, IgG, IgM


  immunoglobulins
• lymphs

  lymphocytes
• MCH

  mean corpuscular hemoglobin
• MCHC


  mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
• MCV

  mean corpuscular volume
• MDS


  myelodysplastic syndrome
• mono

  monocyte
• Polys, PMNs, PMNLs

  polymorphonuclear leukocytes
• PT, pro time

  prothrombin time
• PTT


  partial thromboplastin time
• RBC


  red blood cell, red blood cell count