| Acronym | Meaning |
| CEA | Carcinoembryonic Antigen |
| DE | Dynamics Explorer (spacecraft) |
| HMPGI | Hybrid Multiple-prism Grazing-incidence |
| ADAS | Angular-dependent Auger Spectroscopy |
| ARROW | Anti-resonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide |
| BFU-E | Burst-forming Unit-erythroid |
| SLS | Sodium Lauryl Sulfate |
| CTZ | Coastal Transition Zone |
| LEP | Local Electron Pair (model For Intra- & Intermol. Interactions) |
| MIF | Migration Inhibitory Factor |