| Acronym | Meaning |
| NPL | National Physical Laboratory |
| RAS | Renin-angiotensin System |
| LEO | Lateral Epitaxial Overgrowth |
| CAL | Central Analytical Laboratory |
| SADT | Self Accelerating Decomposition Temperature |
| TBT | Tributyl Tin |
| BK-DOK | Berufkrankeit Dokumentation (German Occupational Disease Documentation) |
| LPS | Liquid-phase Sintering |
| HBVE | 4-hydroxybutyl Vinyl Etherpar |
| WMT | Warped Muffin-tin Approximation |