| Acronym | Meaning |
| UTI | Urinary Tract Infection |
| PLC | Polymer Liquid Crystal |
| LC-ESI-MS/MS | Liq. Chromatog.-electrospray Ionization-tandem Mass Spectrometry |
| MORD | Magnetic Optical Rotation Dispersion |
| CIOS | Complex Infinite Order Sudden (approxn. In Quantum Calcns.) |
| MIS | Management Information System (OSHA) |
| SINGER | System-wide Information Network For Genetic Resources |
| PPA | Pollution Prevention Act (of 1990) |
| ARISS | Angle Resolved Ion Scattering Spectroscopy |
| SIR | Selected Ion Recording |