| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCEA | National Center For Environmental Assessment |
| LSDFT | Local Spin Density Functional Theory |
| FFS | Flame Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| MTCT | Mother-to-child Transmission |
| RFP | Reasonable Further Progress |
| HSE | Heat-shock Element |
| KSS | Kearns-Sayre Syndrome |
| TMV | Tobacco Mosaic Virus |
| MFS | Molecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| EBDC | Ethylenebis(dithiocarbamate) (fungicide) |