질병명칭 영문 약어 [Medical Acronyms]

  • A-T      Ataxia-telangiectasia
  • AAA      Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • AAS      Aarskog-Scott syndrome
  • ACC      Agenesis of the corpus callosum
  • ACS      Acute coronary syndrome
  • AD      Alzheimer's Disease
  • AD      Attachment disorder
  • ADD      Attention Deficit Disorder
  • ADD-RT      Attention Deficit Disorder-Residual Type
  • ADEM      Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
  • ADHD      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • AF      Atrial fibrillation
  • AGS      Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome
  • AHC      Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
  • AIDS      Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  • AIP      Acute intermittent porphyria
  • ALA DD      Aminolevulinic acid dehydratase deficiency porphyriaDoss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names)
  • ALI      Acute lung injury
  • ALS      Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  • AMD      Age-related Macular Degeneration
  • AOS      Apraxia of speech
  • APA      Aldosterone-Producing Adenoma
  • APS      Antiphospholipid syndrome
  • ARBD      Alcohol-Related Birth Defects
  • ARD      Adult Refsum disease
  • ARDS      Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • AS      Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • AS      Asperger syndrome
  • ASDs      Autism spectrum disorders
  • AVMs      Arteriovenous malformations
  • BBS      Bashful Bladder Syndrome (see Paruresis)
  • BD      Binswanger's disease
  • BEB      Benign essential blepharospasm
  • BEH      Behaviorally/Emotionally Handicapped
  • BH      Behaviorally Handicapped
  • BMD      Becker's muscular dystrophy
  • BPH      Benign prostatic hyperplasia
  • BS      Bloom's syndrome
  • BSE      Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
  • BSS      Brown-Sequard syndrome
  • BV      Bacterial Vaginosis
  • CACH      Central Nervous System Hypomyelination
  • CAD      Coronary artery disease
  • CAPD      Central Auditory Processing Disorder
  • CCD      Considerable Conduct Disorder
  • CCHF      Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
  • CCHS      Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome
  • CCM      Cerebral cavernous malformation
  • CDG      Congenital disorder of glycosylation
  • CDGS      Carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome
  • CEP      Congenital erythropoietic porphyria
  • CESD      Cholesteryl ester storage disease
  • CF      Cystic Fibrosis
  • CFIDS      Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
  • CFS      Chronic fatigue syndrome
  • CGBD      Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration
  • CH      Cluster headache
  • CHD      Congenital Heart Disease
  • CHD      Coronary heart disease
  • CHD      Hip dysplasia (human)#CongenitalCongenital hip dysplasia
  • CHF      Congestive heart failure
  • CIDP      Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
  • CIPA      Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis
  • CJD      Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • CMT disease      Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
  • COFS      Cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome
  • COPD      Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • CP      Cerebral Palsy
  • CPDD      Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease
  • CPM      Central pontine myelinolysis
  • CPPS      Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (see UCPPS)
  • CRF      Chronic Renal Failure
  • CRKP      Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumonia
  • CSA      Central sleep apnea
  • CSD      Cat scratch disease
  • CVD      Cardiovascular disease
  • DAS      Developmental apraxia of speech
  • DBA      Diamond Blackfan anemia
  • DBMD      Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy
  • DD      Developmental disability
  • DEF      Deaf
  • DF      Dengue Fever
  • DH      Developmental disabilityDevelopmentally handicapped
  • DHF      Dengue hemorrhagic fever
  • DiG      DiGeorge syndrome
  • DLB      Dementia with Lewy bodies
  • DM      Diabetes mellitus
  • DMD      Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • DP      Aminolevulinic acid dehydratase deficiency porphyriaDoss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names)
  • DRSP disease      Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae disease
  • DS      Down syndrome
  • DSPS      Delayed sleep phase syndrome
  • DTs      Delirium tremens
  • DVD      Developmental verbal dyspraxia
  • DVT      Deep vein thrombosis
  • ED      Emotionally disturbed
  • EDS      Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
  • EDS      Excessive daytime sleepiness
  • EEE      Eastern equine encephalitis
  • EHK      Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis
  • EMH      Educable mentally handicapped
  • EMR      Educable mentally retarded
  • ENS      Epidermal nevus syndrome
  • EPM      Extrapontine myelinolysis
  • EPP      Erythropoietic protoporphyria
  • ESRD      Chronic kidney diseaseEnd Stage Renal Disease
  • ESS      Empty Sella Syndrome
  • FAE      Fetal Alcohol Effects
  • FAS      Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • FASDs      Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
  • FFI      Fatal familial insomnia
  • FMA      Focal Muscular Atrophies
  • FMD      Fibromuscular dysplasia
  • FMS      Fibromyalgia Syndrome
  • FSP      Familial spastic paraparesis
  • FTD      Frontotemporal dementia
  • FVS      Fetal valproate syndrome
  • FXS      Fragile X syndrome
  • GAD      Generalized anxiety disorder
  • GAN      Giant axonal neuropathy
  • GAS disease      Group A Streptococcal disease
  • GBS      Guillain-Barré Syndrome
  • GBS disease      Group B Streptococcal disease
  • GCE      Glycine encephalopathy
  • GD      Gestational diabetes
  • GERD      Gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • GI      Gastrointestinal
  • GIB      Gastrointestinal bleeding
  • GN      Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
  • GSS disease      Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease
  • GT/LD      Gifted and learning disabled
  • GVHD      Graft-versus-host disease
  • GWD      Guinea worm disease
  • HAS      Holmes-Adie syndrome
  • HCP      Hereditary coproporphyria
  • HD      Huntington's Disease
  • HDL2      Huntington's disease–like 2
  • HFA      High Functioning Autism
  • HFMD      Hand, foot, and mouth disease
  • HFRS      Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
  • HHC or GHC(Haemochromatotis. Also Hemochromatosis)      HI      Hearing impaired
  • HiB disease      Haemophilus influenzae type B disease
  • HMSN Type III      Hereditary Motor and Sensory Polyneuropathy Type III (see Dejerine Sottas syndrome)
  • HOH      Hard of hearing
  • HPN      Hypertension
  • HPRT deficiency      hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase deficiency
  • HPS      Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
  • HPV Infection      Human Papillomavirus Infection
  • HSP      Hereditary spastic paraplegia
  • IBD      Inflammatory bowel disease
  • IBM      Inclusion body myositis
  • IBS      Ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens
  • IBS      Irritable bowel syndrome
  • IED      Intermittent Explosive Disorder
  • IFAP syndrome      Ichthyosis follicularis, alopecia, and photophobia syndrome
  • IHA      Idiopathic Hyperaldosteronism
  • INAD      Infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy
  • IP      Incontinentia pigmenti
  • IRD      Infantile Refsum disease
  • IS      Infantile spasm
  • ITP      Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
  • JAS      Juvenile Anklosing Spondylitis
  • JE      Japanese encephalitis
  • JHD      Juvenile Huntington's disease
  • JRA      Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • KS      Kawasaki syndrome
  • KSS      Kearns-Sayre syndrome
  • KTS      Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome
  • KTW Syndrome      Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome
  • LCM      Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
  • LD      Learning Disabilities/Differences
  • LD      Legionnaires' Disease
  • LEMS      Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
  • LFA      Low Functioning Autism
  • LGV      Lymphogranuloma venereum
  • LKS      Landau-Kleffner syndrome
  • LNS      Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
  • LP      Little person/people (see Dwarfism)
  • LP      Lipoid proteinosis
  • MAC      Mycobacterium avium complex
  • MBD      Minimal brain dysfunction
  • MCS      Multiple chemical sensitivityMultiple Chemical Sensitivities
  • MD      Muscular dystrophy
  • MDR TB      Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis
  • MID      Multi-infarct dementia
  • MJD      Machado-Joseph disease
  • ML      mucolipidoses
  • MLD      Metachromatic leukodystrophy
  • MMA      Monomelic amyotrophy
  • MMR      measles, mumps, rubella
  • MMRV      measles, mumps, rubella, varicella
  • MND      motor neuron disease
  • MOH      Medication overuse headaches
  • MPD      Myeloproliferative disorders
  • MPS I      Mucopolysaccharoidosis Type I (see Hurler syndrome)
  • MPS II      Mucopolysaccharoidosis Type II (see Hunter syndrome)
  • MPS III      Mucopolysaccharoidosis Type III (see Sanfilippo syndrome)
  • MPS IV      Mucopolysaccharoidosis Type IV (see Morquio syndrome)
  • MPS VI      Mucopolysaccharoidosis Type VI (see Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome)
  • MPS VII      Mucopolysaccharoidosis Type VII (see Sly syndrome)
  • MR/DD      Mentally retarded/Developmentally disabled
  • MS      Multiple Sclerosis
  • MSA      Multiple system atrophy
  • MSDD      Multi-Sensory Developmental Delays
  • NAS      Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
  • NBIA      Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation
  • NCL      Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
  • NF1      Neurofibromatosis type 1
  • NF2      Neurofibromatosis type 2
  • NKH      Nonketotic hyperglycinemia
  • NLD      Nonverbal learning disability
  • NMDs      Neuronal migration disorders
  • NMO      Neuromyelitis optica
  • NMS      Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
  • NP      Niemann-Pick disease
  • NPH      Normal pressure hydrocephalus
  • NTD      Neural Tube Defect
  • NTDs      Neural tube defects
  • OA      Osteoarthritis
  • OCD      Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • ODD      Oppositional Defiant Disorder
  • OMA      Ocular Motor Apraxia
  • ON      Osteonecrosis
  • OPC      Oropharyngeal Candidiasis
  • OPCA      Olivopontocerebellar atrophy
  • OSA      Obstructive sleep apnea
  • PBC      Primary biliary cirrhosis
  • PBD      Peroxisome biogenesis disorders
  • PCOS      Polycystic ovarian syndrome
  • PCT      Porphyria cutanea tarda
  • PD      Parkinson's disease
  • PDD      Pervasive Developmental Disorder
  • PDD-NOS      Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified
  • PDD/NOS      Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified
  • PLMD      Periodic limb movement disorder
  • PLS      Primary lateral sclerosis
  • PMD      Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
  • PML      Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
  • PMS      Premenstrual Syndrome
  • POTS      Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
  • PPMA      Postpolio Progressive Muscular Atrophy
  • PPS      Post-polio syndrome
  • PSC      Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • PSP      Progressive supranuclear palsy
  • PVL      Periventricular leukomalacia
  • PW      Port-wine stain
  • RA      Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • RAD      Reactive Airway Disease
  • RIND      Reversible ischemic neurologic deficit
  • RLF      Retrolental fibroplasia
  • RLS      Restless legs syndrome
  • RMDs      Repetitive motion disorders
  • ROP      Retinopathy of prematurity
  • RS      Reye's syndrome
  • RSD      Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
  • RTI      Respiratory Tract Infection
  • SARS      Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  • SB      Spina bifida
  • SBS      Shaken Baby Syndrome
  • SC      Sydenham chorea
  • SD      Saint Vitus's dance (see Sydenham chorea)
  • SIDS      Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
  • SIS      Shaken infant syndrome
  • SLE      Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • SMA      Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  • SMEI      Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy
  • SMS      Smith-Magenis Syndrome
  • SOD      Septo-optic dysplasia
  • SPS      Stiff person syndrome
  • SSPE      Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
  • STD      Sexually Transmitted Disease
  • STEMI      ST-elevation myocardial infarction
  • SUNCT Headache      Short-lasting, Unilateral, Neuralgiform headache
  • SWS      Sturge-Weber syndrome
  • TAC      Trigeminal autonomic cephalgia
  • TB      Tuberculosis
  • TBI      Traumatic brain injury
  • TCS      Tethered cord syndrome
  • TEF      Tracheoesophageal fistula
  • TIA      Transient ischemic attack
  • TMH      Trainable mentally handicapped
  • TMJ/TMD      Temporomandibular joint disorder
  • TMR      Trainable mentally retarded
  • TN      Trigeminal neuralgia
  • TOS      Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • TS      Tourette syndrome
  • TS      Tuberous sclerosis
  • TSC      Tuberous sclerosis
  • TSEs      Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
  • TSP      Tropical spastic paraparesis
  • TTH      Tension type headache
  • TTP      Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
  • UC      Ulcerative Colitis
  • UDA      Urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis
  • UTIs      Urinary Tract Infections
  • VCFS      Velo cardio facial syndrome
  • vCJD      variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • VD      Venereal disease
  • VHF      Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
  • VHL      Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
  • VP      Variegate porphyria
  • VSD      Ventricular septal defect
  • VVC      Vulvovaginal candidiasis
  • WD      Wilson's disease
  • WEE      Western equine encephalitis
  • WS      Williams Syndrome
  • XDR TB      Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
  • XLSA      X-linked sideroblastic anemia
  • XP      Xeroderma pigmentosa
  • YSS      Young Simpson syndrome
  • YVS      Yunis-Varon syndrome
  • ZBLS      Zadik Barak Levin syndrome
  • ABCD syndrome      albinism, black lock, cell migration disorder
  • ACTH deficiency      Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency
  • ARND      Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder
  • CADASIL      Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Sub-cortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy
  • CHARGE syndrome      Coloboma of the eye, Heart defects, Atresia of the nasal choanae, Retarded growth & or development, Genital abnormalities, Ear abnormalities
  • CP/CPPS      Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
  • HELLP syndrome      Hemolytic anemia, Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelet count syndrome
  • IBIDS syndrome      ichthyosis, brittle hair, intellectual impairment, decreased fertility, and short stature syndrome
  • IC/PBS      Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome
  • ICF syndrome      Immunodeficiency, Centromere instability and Facial anomalies syndrome
  • NPC1      Niemann-Pick disease, type C1
  • PKAN      Panthothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
  • Q fever      Query fever
  • UCPPS      Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (IC/PBS + CP/CPPS)
  • VWM disease      Vanishing White Matter disease
  • WAGR syndrome      Wilms tumor, Aniridia, Genitourinary anomalies, and mental Retardation syndrome