ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

• ACTH

  adrenocorticotropic hormone
• ADH

  anti-diuretic hormone
• BMR

  basal metabolic rate
• DI

  diabetes insipidus
• DM


  diabetes mellitus
• FBS

  fasting blood sugar
• FSH

  follicle-stimulating hormone
• GH

  growth hormone
• GTT

  glucose tolerance test
• IDDM

  insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• LH

  luteinizing hormone
• MSH

  melanocyte-stimulating hormone
• NIDDM

  non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• PTH

  parathyroid hormone
• RAIU

  radioactive iodine uptake
• RIA

  radioimmunoassay
• T3

  triiodothyronine
• T4

  thyroxine (tetraiodothyronine)
• TSH

  thyroid-stimulating hormone
• VDRL

  Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (or its syphilis test)