| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFP | Atomic Fues Potential |
| IRRS | IR Reflection Spectroscopy |
| ACCP | Atlantic Climate Change Program (of NOAA |
| ATPASE | Adenosine Triphosphatase |
| NBS | Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome |
| SOPPA | Second-order Polarization Propagator Approxn. |
| DIM | Dissolved Inorganic Matter |
| CPA | Coupled-pair Approximation |
| AHA | Anterior Hypothalamic Area |
| NHANES | National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey |