| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACEDB | A C. Elegans Database |
| UICM | Univ. Of Illinois College Of Medicine |
| AACC | American Association For Clinical Chemistry |
| AES | American Electrophoresis Society |
| FASEB | Federation Of American Societies For Experimental Biology |
| CHH | Cartilage-hair Hypoplasia |
| DDBJ | DNA Data Bank Of Japan |
| IVD | In Vitro Diagnostic |
| CLMA | Clinical Laboratory Management Association |
| SHOM | Sequencing By Hybridization On Matrices |