hCG
Abbreviation Point of Care Testing and Laboratory Procedures
Human chorionic gonadotropin: the hormone, made by the placenta, that pregnancy tests detect in urine or blood.
Related terms
- hormoneA chemical messenger released into the blood that affects target cells elsewhere in the body.
- ESRErythrocyte sedimentation rate: a blood test that rises with inflammation.
- FITFecal immunochemical test: a stool test that detects hidden human blood.
- FOBTFecal occult blood test: checks stool for hidden blood.
- GFRGlomerular filtration rate: how well the kidneys filter blood.
- HCTHematocrit: the percentage of blood volume made up of red cells. As an abbreviation for hydrocortisone it is…
- HDLHigh-density lipoprotein, often called good cholesterol.
- Hgb, HbHemoglobin: the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells, or the test that measures it.
- INRInternational normalized ratio: a standardized way of reporting the prothrombin time.
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