| Acronym | Meaning |
| OPIA | Optical Precision Instrument Associates |
| ROM | Reverse Osmosis Membrane |
| DRG | Dorsal Root Ganglion |
| ITS | Inelastic Tunnelling Spectroscopy |
| CGI | Clinical Global Impression |
| DQO | Data Quality Objectives |
| LVQ | Learning Vector Quantization |
| CEDRA | Controlled Simple Excitation For Dephasing Rotational Amplitudes |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| BDA | Biotinylated Dextran Amine |