| Acronym | Meaning |
| DRS | Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy |
| EPC | European Patent Convention |
| ELCD | Electrolytic Conductivity Detection |
| RI | Replication Index |
| EPQU | IFCC Expert Panel On Quantities And Units |
| TSM | Total Suspended Material |
| MPCA | Multiway Principal Component Analysis |
| BFGF | Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor |
| DMCC | Dimethylcarbamyl Chloride |
| IEM | Immunoelectron Microscopy |