| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPMP | Committee For Proprietary Medical Products |
| MCIC | Metals And Ceramics Information Center |
| AMS | Aerospace Material Specification |
| CBIRF | US Marine Corps' Chem/Bio Incident Response Force |
| TCR | Total Chlorine Residual |
| MFR | Melt Flow Ratio |
| ASTHO | Association Of State And Territorial Health Officers |
| REPELS | Reemitted Positron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| CAM | Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (photosynthetic Pathway) |
| PNN | Probabilistic Neural Network |