| Acronym | Meaning |
| MDR | Multidrug Resistance |
| FOND PT | Finite-order Nondegenerate Perturbation Theory |
| IWS | Ionizing Wet Scrubber |
| MMC | Metal-Matrix Composite |
| MTF | Multiple Tube Fermentation |
| DZP | (double Zeta)-polarization Contracted Gaussian Basis Set |
| PBM | Probability-based Matching |
| USGE | Ultrathin Slab Gel Electrophoresis |
| ETF | Extended Thomas-Fermi (model) |
| BBMV | Brush-border Membrane Vesicle |