| Acronym | Meaning |
| CLD | Chronic Lung Disease |
| CME | Crucible Melt Extraction |
| LCPA | Local Coherent Potential Approximation |
| BPDA | Born Point Dipole Approximation |
| OTE | Optically Transparent Electrode |
| WSDA | Weighted Spin-density Approxn. |
| PFWM | Parametric Four-wave Mixing |
| MERIS | Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| LPO | Lipid Peroxidation |
| TIGR | The Institute For Genomic Research |