| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIDDM | Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
| PDFT | Perturbation Density-functional Theory |
| PAZ | Partial Annealing Zone (fission-track) |
| TBP | Tributyl Phosphate |
| ROC | Receptor-operated Ca2+ Channel |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| MOUSE | Method Of Underground Solute Evaluation |
| GFFF | Gravitational Field-flow Fractionation |
| HEED | High Energy Electron Diffraction |
| CS INDO | Conformation Spectra INDO |