| Acronym | Meaning |
| ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application |
| AFBR | Anaerobic Fluidized-bed Reactor |
| XEAPS | X-ray Excited Electron Appearance Potential Spectroscopy |
| SPCE | Surface Plasmon-coupled Emission |
| GALT | Gut-associated Lymphoid Tissue |
| ELO | Equivalent Localized Orbitals |
| DRS | Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy |
| OWVP | Outgoing Wave Variational Principle |
| HV | Vickers Hardness Number |
| CLSM | Controlled Low Strength Material |