| Acronym | Meaning |
| SELDI | Surface-enhanced Laser Desorption Ionization Spectrometry |
| CDER | Center For Drug Evaluation And Research |
| TSH | Tensor Surface Harmonic (method In Bonding Of Metal Clusters) |
| LLOD | Lower Limit Of Detection |
| EHM | Extended Hubbard Model (hamiltonian) |
| EMI | Electromagnetic Interference |
| APS | Autocorrelation Photon Spectroscopy |
| GFAA | Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption |
| CSF | Catalyzed Soot Filter |
| SCI | Super Configuration Interaction |