| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMA | American Medical Association |
| SCALPEM | Scanning Laser Photoelectrochemical Microscopy |
| MMP | Matrix Metalloproteinase |
| PC-BOSS | Particle Concentrator-Brigham Young University Organic Sampling System |
| KSS | Kearns-Sayre Syndrome |
| GLIMPSE | Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire |
| MAT | Microactivity Tests |
| ETEC | Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli |
| ICARUS | Imaging Cosmic And Rare Underground Signal |
| AFID | Alkali Flame Ionization Detector |