| Acronym | Meaning |
| HPMC | Human Peritoneal Mesothelial Cells |
| MICROTAS | Micro-Total Analysis Systems |
| CDPT | Constant Denominator Perturbation Theory |
| CDO | Controlled Decomposition/oxidation |
| LCF | Low-cycle Fatigue |
| FCC | Flat Collect Circuit (in Solar Cell Array For Spacecraft) |
| RCR | Replication-competent Retrovirus |
| PV-RR | Perturbational-variational-Rayleigh-Ritz (matrix Method In Mol. Calcns.) |
| ANS | Autonomic Nervous System |
| TRM | Thermoremanent Magnetization |