| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPA | Separated Pair Approxn. (wave Function) |
| DPF | Dense Plasma Focus |
| CPMP | Committee For Proprietary Medical Products |
| LOCI | Luminescence Oxygen Channeling Immunoassay |
| QET | Quasi-equilibrium Theory |
| ARC | AIDS-related Complex |
| STODI | Slater-type Orbital-point Dipole Interaction (in Mol. Polarizability Calcns.) |
| MOBI | MO Bond Index |
| DSS | Deep Seismic Sounding |
| RME | Reasonably Maximally Exposed |