| %Total |
percent total |
| /uL |
per microliter |
| ADA | American Diabetes Association |
| ALC | alcohol |
|
AMA | American Medical Association |
|
APL | IgA phospholipid units |
|
ASHI | American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics |
|
AU | arbitrary units |
|
AU/mL | arbitrary units per milliliter |
|
BAL | bronchoalveolar lavage |
| CAE |
complement activity enzyme |
|
CAP | College of American Pathologists |
|
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention |
|
CFU/mL | colony forming units per milliliter |
|
CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory
Standards Institute |
| cm |
centimeter |
|
cmm | cubic millimeter |
|
CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
| cP |
centipoise unit |
|
CPM | counts per minute |
|
CPT | Current Procedural Terminology |
|
cPU | centipoise unit |
|
cpy/mL | copies per milliliter |
|
crt | creatinine |
|
CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
|
CVS | clean voided specimen |
|
d | day |
| deg C |
degree Centigrade |
|
dL | deciliter |
|
EIA | enzyme immunoassay |
|
EIU | enzyme immunoassay unit |
|
ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
|
ETU/mL | endotoxin units per milliliter |
|
EU | ELISA units |
|
EV | ELISA value |
|
fL | femtoliter |
| fmol/L |
femtomole per liter |
|
g | gram |
|
g/5 hrs |
hrs grams per 5 hours |
|
g/24 hrs |
hrs grams per 24 hours |
|
g/d | grams per day |
|
g/dL | grams per deciliter |
| g/g |
grams per gram |
| g/L |
grams per liter |
|
GPL | IgG phospholipid units |
|
Hb | hemoglobin |
|
HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability |
|
hr | hour |
|
ISR | immune status ratio |
|
IU | international unit |
| IU/24 |
international units per 24 hours |
|
IU/g | international units per gram |
|
IU/L | international units per liter |
|
IU/mL | international units per milliliter |
|
IV | index value |
|
kDa | kilodalton |
|
kg | kilogram |
|
k/μL | thousand per microliter |
| kPa |
kilopascal |
| kU/L |
kilounits per liter |
| L |
liter |
| lb |
pound |
| lbs |
pounds |
|
LOINC | Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes |
|
LIA | Microlatex Particle-Mediated Immunoassay |
|
LI | Lyme Index |
|
LIV | Lyme Index Value |
| log |
log |
| log IU |
log international units |
| M/μL | million per microliter |
| mcg/dL |
microgram per deciliter |
| mcg/g |
microgram per gram |
| mcg/L |
microgram per liter |
| mcg/mL |
microgram per milliliter |
|
mg | milligram |
|
mg/24 hours | hrs milligrams per 24 hours |
|
mg/d | milligrams per day |
|
mg/dL | milligrams per deciliter |
|
mg/g | milligrams per gram |
| mg/gCR |
microgram per gram creatinine |
| mg Hb/ |
microgram hemoglobin per |
|
mg/L | milligrams per liter |
|
MIC | minimum inhibitory concentration |
|
min | minute |
|
mIU | milli international units |
|
mIU/hr | milli international units per hour |
| mIU/L |
micro international unit per liter |
|
mL | milliliter |
|
mL/min | milliliters per minute |
|
mm | millimeter |
| mm/hr |
millimeter per hour |
|
mmol | millimole |
|
mmol/d | millimoles per day |
|
mmol/L | millimoles per liter |
| mmol/m |
millimole per meter |
|
mmol/mol crt | crt millimoles per mole creatinine |
|
mol | mole |
|
mOsm | milliosmole |
|
mOsm/kg | milliosmoles per kilogram |
|
MPL | IgM phospholipid units |
|
mPOL | milli polarization unit |
|
mU | milliunit |
|
mU/g | milliunits per gram |
|
mU/L | milliunits per liter |
|
mU/mL | milliunits per milliliter |
|
NCCLS | National Committee Clinical
Laboratory Standards (now
known as Clinical and Laboratory
Standards Institute) |
|
ng | nanogram |
|
ng/dL | nanograms per deciliter |
|
ng/L | nanograms per liter |
|
ng/mL | nanograms per milliliter |
|
ng/mL/hr | nanograms per milliliter per hour |
| nm/dL |
nanomole per deciliter |
|
nM/mM | nanomole per millimole |
| nmo/mL |
nanomole per milliliter |
|
nmol | nanomole |
|
nmol/d | nanomoles per day |
|
nmol/dL | nanomoles per deciliter |
|
nmol/g | nanomoles per gram |
|
nmol/L | nanomoles per liter |
|
nmol/mL | nanomoles per milliliter |
|
OD | optical density (equivalent to
absorbance) |
|
PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
|
pg | picogram |
|
pg/mL | picograms per milliliter |
| pmo/mL |
picomole per milliliter |
|
pmol | picomole |
|
pmol/g | picomoles per gramppm parts per million |
| pmol/L |
picomole per liter |
| ppm |
parts per million |
|
PPT | Plasma Preparation Tube™ |
|
PST | plasma separator tube |
|
RPR | rapid plasma reagin |
|
SD | standard deviation |
|
sec | second |
|
SI | stimulation index |
|
SST | serum separator tube |
|
TV | total volume |
|
TOI | tincture of iodine |
|
U | unit |
|
U/day | units per day |
|
U/g | units per gram |
| U/g Hb |
unit per gram of hemoglobin |
| U/gHgb |
unit per gram of hemoglobin |
|
U/hr | units per hour |
|
U/L | units per liter |
|
U/mL | units per milliliter |
|
UHCL | University Hospital Clinical
Laboratory |
|
% | percent |
|
μg | microgram |
|
μg/24 hrs | hrs micrograms per 24 hours |
|
μg/d | micrograms per day |
|
μg/dL | micrograms per deciliter |
|
μg/g | micrograms per gram |
|
μg/g crt | crt micrograms per gram creatinine |
|
μg/L | micrograms per liter |
|
μg/mg | micrograms per milligram |
| μg/min |
microgram per minute |
|
μg/mL | micrograms per milliliter |
|
μgE/mL | microgram equivalents
per milliliter |
| μIU/mL |
micro international unit per milliliter |
|
μL | microliter |
|
μmol | micromole |
|
μmol/d | micromoles per day |
|
μmol/dL | micromoles per deciliter |
|
μmol/g | micromoles per gram |
|
μmol/L | micromoles per liter |
| μmol/m |
micromole per meter |
|
μmol/mL | micromoles per milliliter |
|
μU | microunit |
|
μU/mL | microunits per milliliter |