| Acronym | Meaning |
| AES | Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| MPL | Maximum Permitted Level |
| OKE | Optical Kerr Effect |
| IAVI | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
| NIMS | Near-IR Mapping Spectrometer |
| LADH | Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase |
| VOD | Veno-occlusive Disease |
| DCP | Dicapryl Phthalate |
| IFSEM | International Federation Of Societies For Electron Microscopy |
| DPA | Destructive Physical Analysis |