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     litre (liter)          l        respiratory quotient     RQ

     lumen                  lm       reticuloendothelial      RES
                                     system
     lux                    lx
     lysinyl                Lys      revolutions per          rpm
                                     minute
     melting point          mp
     messenger ribo-        mRNA     ribonuclease             RNase
     nucleic acid
                                     ribonucleic acid         RNA
     meta-                  m-       ribose                   Rib

     methionyl              Met      ribosomal                rRNA
                                     ribonucleic
     methyl                 Me       acid

     metre (meter)          m        roentgen                 R








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     Term               Abbreviation or Symbol  Term                      Abbreviation or Symbol

     second (time)             s                 tris(hydroxy                    Tris
                                                 methyl)aminomethane
     serum glutamic            SGOT
     oxalacetic                                  tyrosinyl                       Tyr
     transaminase
                                                 ultraviolet                     UV
     seryl                     Ser               United States                   USP
                                                 Pharmacopeia
     siemens                   S
     species                   sp. (sing.),      uracil                          Ura
                               spp. (pl.)
                                                 uridine                         UDP
     specific gravity          sp gr             5'-diphosphate

     standard deviation        SD                volt                            V
     standard error            SE                volume                          V
     standard                  STP               watt                            W
     temperature
     and pressure                                weber                           Wb
                                                 week                            wk

     steradian                 sr                white blood cells               WBC
                                                 (leukocytes)
     subcutaneous              s.c.

     tesla                     T                 xanthine                        Xan
     tobacco mosaic            TMV               xanthosine                      Xao
     virus
                                                 xanthosine                      XDP
     tonne (metric ton)        t                 5 -diphosphate

     transfer ribonucleic      tRNA              xylose                          xyl
     acid
                                                 year                            yr



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