| Acronym | Meaning |
| CDM | Cold Dark Matter |
| BMT | Bone Marrow Transplantation |
| DFA | Dual Fouling Apparatus |
| CTEM | Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| O/E | Observed Number/expected Number Ratio = Relative Risk |
| IETS | Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy |
| MC | Mclean-Chandler Basis Set |
| RAPRA | Rubber And Plastics Research Association |
| TLS | Thermal Lens Spectrometry |
| LAK | Lymphokine Activated Killer |