| Acronym | Meaning |
| AVS | Acid Volatile Sulfide |
| HESC | Human Embryonic Stem Cell |
| DF | Density Functional Formalism |
| LADD | Lifetime Average Daily Dose |
| RPD | Relative Percent Difference |
| CBO | Crude Born-Oppenheimer (wave Functions) |
| CW | Continuous Wave |
| OMB | Office Of Management And Budget |
| IC | Ion Chromatography |
| JEV | Japanese Encephalitis Virus |