| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSI | Microsatellite Instability |
| APLG | Antisymmetrized Product Of Localized Geminals (wave Function) |
| AOC | Assimilable Organic Carbon |
| PASADENA | Para-hydrogen And Synthesis Allow Dramatically Enhanced Nuclear Alignment |
| PLC | Preparative (thin) Layer Chromatography |
| EBM | Electron Beam Melting |
| BALQSO | Broad Absorption Line Quasi-stellar Object |
| VEOMP | Valence-electron-only Model Potential (for Mol. SCF Calcns.) |
| TSA | Toluenesulfonic Acid |
| SKVP | S-matrix (version Of) Kohn Variational Principle |