| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESRD | End-stage Renal Disease |
| OAO | Orthogonalized Atomic Orbital |
| AQM | Acenaphthenequinone Monoxime |
| SODAR | Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument) |
| VISITT | Vendor Information System For Innovative Treatment Technology (US EPA) |
| SEL | Surface Emitting Laser |
| DAF | Distributed Approximating Functional (in Study Of Quantal Wave-packet Propagation) |
| VEM | Video-enhanced Microscopy |
| DPA | Differential Pulse Amperometry |
| SEGH | Society For Environmental Geochemistry And Health |