| Acronym | Meaning |
| PST | Porcine Somatotropin |
| NRC | National Response Center |
| HBT | Hanbury Brown Twiss (interferometry) |
| NKB | Nachklarbecken; Secondary Settling Tank |
| RESS | Rapid Expansion Of Supercritical Solution |
| EMU | Electromagnetic Unit |
| EMD | Electrochemically (manufd.) Manganese Dioxide |
| FFZE | Free-flow Zone Electrophoresis |
| MATI | Mass-analyzed Threshold Ionization Spectroscopy |
| DRIFT | Diffuse Reflectance IR Fourier Transform |