| Acronym | Meaning |
| LCIS | Lobular Carcinoma In Situ |
| ASF | Atomic Sensitivity Factor |
| CET | Collisional Energy Transfer |
| AOTS | Acoustic Optic Tunable Scanning |
| QCFF/PI | Quantum Mechanical Consistent Force Field Method For Pi-electron Systems |
| TUNEL | Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase-mediated DUTP Nick End-labeling |
| BLAST | Burst Locations With Arc Second Telescope |
| GEF | Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor |
| PI | Polydispersity Index |
| MRF | Myogenic Regulatory Factor |