| Acronym | Meaning |
| ICSI | Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection |
| POY | Partially Oriented Yarn (usually Synthetics |
| CMF | Continuous Microfiltration |
| HETA | Hazard Evaluation Technical Assistance Branch (NIOSH) |
| LOIS | Land-Ocean Interaction Study |
| DFM | Dark Field Microscopy |
| EARTOF | Energy And Angle Refocusing Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry |
| PAG | Photoacid Generator |
| PO-DVR | Potential Optimized-discrete Variable Representation |
| MDO | Max. Degree Of Order |