| Acronym | Meaning |
| VSMC | Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell |
| YAG | Yttrium Aluminum Garnet |
| PI | Pollution Index |
| BTB | Bromothymol Blue |
| ELKM | Extended Lumped Kinetic Model |
| DSO-GF | Diagonal Second Order (approxn. To)-Green Function |
| HRMAS | High-resolution Magic-angle Spinning |
| HEL | Hugoniot Elastic Limit |
| NGL | Natural Gas Liquid (usually Ethane Or Propane) |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscopy |