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Abbreviations and acronyms covered in this guide:
- Weights & Measurements
- Drugs
- Formulations
- Administration
- References
- Standards & Regulations
- Diagnostic Testing
- Professional Designations
- Managed Care
- Agencies & Organizations
- Health Assessment
- Specialized Areas & Facilities
- Locations & Directions
- Body Systems
- Blood System
- Cardiovascular System
- Endocrine System
- Female Reproductive System
- Gastrointestinal System
- Integumentary System
- Lymphatic/Immune System
- Muscular System
- Male Reproductive System
- Nervous System
- Respiratory System
- Skeletal System
- Special Senses: Eye/Ear
- Urinary System
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MedicineBODY SYSTEMS
Blood System
Cardiovascular System
ABMT | autologous bone marrow transplant |
ABO | blood groups |
AC | anticoagulant |
ACT | anticoagulant therapy |
agg, aggl | agglutination |
AHF | antihemophilic factor |
AIHA | autoimmune hemolytic anemia |
ALL | acute lymphocytic leukemia |
AML | acute myelogenous leukemia |
APA | antipernicious anemia (factor) |
AUL | acute undifferentiated leukemia |
B, bl, bld | blood |
baso | basophil |
bl | bleeding |
BMB | bone marrow biopsy |
BMT | bone marrow transplant |
CBC | complete blood count |
CLL | chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
CML | chronic myelogenous leukemia |
coag | coagulation |
DIC | disseminated intravascular coagulation |
eos, eosins | eosinophil |
EPO | erythropoietin |
IF | intrinsic factor |
ITP | idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura |
LIF | leukemia-inhibitory factor |
lymphs | lymphocytes |
mono | monocyte |
PAF | platelet-activating factor |
plats, PLT | platelet |
PMN, polys, segs | polymorphonuclear neutrophils |
PNH | paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria |
PV | polycythemia vera |
RBC | red blood cell, red blood cell count |
retic | reticulocyte |
Rh | Rhesus blood factor |
SCT | sickle cell trait |
T&C | type & crossmatch |
TTP | thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura |
WBC | white blood cell, white blood cell count |
ABP | arterial blood pressure |
ACLS | advanced cardiac life support |
AED | automated external defibrillator |
AF, Afib, at fib | atrial fibrillation |
AIVR | accelerated idioventricular rhythm |
AMI | acute myocardial infarction |
ang | angiogram |
Ao | aorta |
AR | aortic regurgitation |
AS | aortic stenosis, arteriosclerosis |
ASCVD | arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease |
ASD | atrial septal defect |
ASHD | arteriosclerotic heart disease |
AV, A-V | atrioventricular, arteriovenous |
AVB | atrioventricular block |
AVD | aortic valve disease |
AVR | aortic valve replacement |
AVS | arteriovenous shunt |
BBB | bundle branch block |
BCLS | basic cardiac life support |
BP | blood pressure |
BPd, DBP | blood pressure, diastolic |
bpm | beats per minute |
BPs, SBP | blood pressure, systolic |
CA | cardiac arrest, cancer, cardiac arrhythmia |
CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
CABS | coronary artery bypass surgery |
CAD | coronary artery disease |
CEA | carotid enda... |
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Weights/Measurements
- Pharmacology
- Diagnostic Testing
- Managed Care
- Agencies/Organizations
- Health Assessment
- Specialized Areas/Facilities
- Locations & Directions
- Body Systems