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COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS IN HEMATOLOGY
ALL Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
AML Acute myeloid leukemia
Baso Basophil
BM Bone marrow
CD Cluster of differentiation
CLL Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CML Chronic myelogenous leukemia
CNS Central nervous system
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
EDTA Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
Eos Eosinophil
ET Essential thrombocythemia
FAB French-American-British (classification of tumors of the hematopoietic
and lymphoid systems)
G-CSF Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
LAP Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase
LE Lupus erythematosus
Lymph Lymphocyte
M:E ratio Myeloid: erythroid ratio
MCH Mean corpuscular hemoglobin
MCHC Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
MCV Mean corpuscular volume
MDS Myelodysplastic syndrome
MK Megakaryocyte
Mono Monocyte
MPN Myeloproliferative neoplasms
N/C ratio (or N:C ratio) Nucleus/cytoplasm ratio
NRBC Nucleated red blood cells
PB Peripheral blood
PMF Primary myelofibrosis
Poly, PMN Polymorphonuclear neutrophil
PV Polycythemia vera
RBC Red blood cell
RDW Red blood cell distribution width
Seg Segmented neutrophil
WBC White blood cell
WHO World Health Organization