| Acronym | Meaning |
| CFU | Colony Forming Unit (for Bacteria Counting In Water Disinfection) |
| BSI | British Standards Institute |
| ERCC | Excision Repair Cross-complementing |
| FASI | Field-amplified Sample Injection |
| DCP | Dicapryl Phthalate |
| DIM | Dissolved Inorganic Matter |
| MCHC | Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (occupational Exposure) |
| BK | Brinkman-Kramers (approxn. In Ion-mol. Collision Quantum Calcn.) |
| HAZW | Hazardous Waste Collection Database (accessible Through OLS) |
| ULF | Ultra Low Frequency |