| Acronym | Meaning |
| PLID | Pulsed Laser Induced Desorption |
| AIHA | Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia |
| NAMS | National Air Monitoring Station |
| BSDF | Bidirectional Scatter Distribution Function |
| SAR | Sodium Absorption Ratio |
| PRP | Platelet-rich Plasma |
| LOI | Loss On Ignition |
| PCO | Perturbational Crystal Orbital |
| NIS | Sodium Iodide Symporter |
| FDSO | Full Diagonal Second-order (approxn. To)-green Function |