Endocrine(내분비계) system

ACTH : adrenocorticotropic hormone (부신피질자극호르몬)

ADH : antidiuretic hormone (항이뇨호르몬)

BMR : basal metabolic rate (기초대사율)

DI : diabetes insipidus (요붕증)

DM : diabetes mellitus (당뇨병)

FBS : fasting blood sugar (공복시 혈당)

FSH : follicle stimulating hormone (난포자극호르몬)

GH : growth hormone (성장호르몬)

GTT : glucose tolerance test (당부하검사)

HGH : human growth hormone (성장호르몬)

ICSH : interstitial cell-stimulating hormone (간질세포자극호르몬)

IDDM : insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (인슐린의존성 당뇨병)

K : potassium (포타슘-칼륨)

LH : lutenizing hormone (황체화 호르몬, 황체형성 호르몬)

MSH : melanocyte-stimulating hormone (멜라닌세포 자극호르몬)

Na : sodium (소디움-나트륨)

NIDDM : non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (비인슐린의존성 당뇨병)

17-OH : 17-hydroxycorticosteroids (17-히드록시 코르티코스테로이즈)

PRL : prolactin (프로락틴, 황체자극호르몬)

PTH : parathyroid hormone(parathormone) (부갑상선호르몬)

RIA : radioimmunoassay (방사선면역측정법)

SIADH : syndrome of inappropriate ADH(항이뇨호르몬) (부적합분비증후군)

T₃ : triiodothyronine (삼요드타이로닌)

T⁴ : th;yroxine (티록신)

TFT : thyroid function test (갑상선기능검사)

TSH : thyroid stimulationg hormone (갑상선자극호르몬)