According to the Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer Association, LY on a blood test stands for lymphocytes. The number in the results represents the percentage of lymphocytes in the white blood count. Lymphocytes should count for 15 to 46.8 percent of white blood cells. Continue Reading.
Trauma definition, a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident. See more.
The term hypertensive emergency is primarily used as a specific term for a hypertensive crisis with a diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 120 mmHg and/or systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 180mmHg.