| Acronym | Meaning |
| NPC | Niemann-Pick Type C Disease |
| DGME | Diethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether |
| NDTT | Nil Ductility Transition Temperature |
| PERV | Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus |
| CIC | Consumer Information Catalog |
| SCA | Specific Collection Areas |
| EPM | Electron Probe Microscopy |
| PIF | Photochemically-induced Fluorescence |
| MIMS | Membrane Introduction Mass Spectrometry |
| PMO | Perturbational Molecular Orbital |