| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAGE | Melanoma-associated Antigen-encoding Gene |
| ADR | Adverse Drug Reaction |
| FOBT | Fecal Occult Blood Test |
| VFB | Flat-band Voltage |
| QAR | Quality Assurance Reagent |
| IEM | Interstitial Electron Model |
| WKB | Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (phase-shift Formula For Potential Scattering) |
| CA | Collision Activation |
| MEBS | Medium Energy Backscattering Spectrometry |
| CWM | Chemical Waste Management |