| Acronym | Meaning |
| DRS | Dissolved Reactive Silicate |
| MVT | Mississippi Valley-type |
| CMA | Cylindrical Mirror Analyzer |
| FDSO | Full Diagonal Second-order (approxn. To)-green Function |
| LADH | Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase |
| HIS | High Intensity Spectrometer |
| PIPES | Piperazine-1 |
| ESDI | Electron Stimulated Desorption Of Ions |
| GTT | Glucose Tolerance Test |
| ISF | Interstitial Fluid |