| Acronym | Meaning |
| MACS | Magnetic Cell Sorting System |
| NORA | National Occupational Research Agenda |
| HSD | Hyperspherical Diabatic (wave Functions) |
| SPCC | System Performance Check Compound |
| OVD | Outside Vapor Deposition |
| SNMS | Secondary Neutral Mass Spectrometry |
| VSMC | Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell |
| BAL | Bronchoalveolar Lavage |
| LCP | Local Complex Potential (in Electron-atom Scattering) |
| XTEM | Cross-sectional Transmission Electron Microscopy |