| Acronym | Meaning |
| VC | Vital Capacity (lung Function) |
| CAT | Chloramphenicol Acetyltransferase |
| HFJ | Hartree-Fock-Jucys (in Electron-correlation Corrections Calcn.) |
| KKRASA | Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Atomic-sphere Approxn. (in Band Structure) |
| CEDE | Committed Effective Dose Equivalent |
| MOM | Modified Operator Method (for Energy-level Calcns.) |
| FS | Feasibility Study |
| PCI | Positive-ion Chemical Ionization (mass Spectrometry) |
| PCEM | Point-charge Electrostatic Model |
| MPSS | Massively Parallel Signature Sequencing |