| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFGF | Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor |
| AQIRP | Auto/Oil Air Quality Improvement Research Program |
| HSCT | Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation |
| DRS | Dissolved Reactive Silicate |
| SIRM | Scanning Infrared Microscope |
| QUAX | Quantitative Phase-Analysis With X-ray Powder Diffraction |
| DEGMBE | Diethylene Glycol Mono-n-Bu Ether |
| IGFET | Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistor |
| PQC | Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal |
| SALI | Secondary Atom Laser Ionization |