| Acronym | Meaning |
| HPSAM | H-point Standard Additions Method |
| G.P. | Guinier-Preston Zone |
| GO | Gas Oil |
| DRG | Dorsal Root Ganglion |
| OHC | Outer Hair Cell |
| FMECA | Failure-mode Effects And Criticality Analysis |
| HESP | Human Exposure To Soil Pollutants |
| APSGF | Antisymmetrical Product Of Strongly Orthogonal Group Functions (a Wave Function) |
| NPAPS | Non-phase Alternation Pulse Sequence |
| RIR | Reference-intensity Ratio |