| Acronym | Meaning |
| HGF | Hepatocyte Growth Factor |
| BASTE | Bay Area Sewage Toxics Emissions |
| HIRBS | Heavy-ion Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry |
| PCP | Photoelectric Charging Of Particles |
| CVFEM | Control Volume Finite Element Method |
| PSP | Pancreatic Stone Protein |
| SIV | Simian Immunodeficiency Virus |
| EESOP | Electronegativity Equalization With S-orbital Participation |
| PFU | Plaque-forming Units |
| FPM | Fine Particulate Matter |