| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSPC | Multivariate Statistical Process Control |
| EMA | Effective Mass Approxn. (for Impurity Energy Levels) |
| VSMC | Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| BOVB | Biorthogonal Valence Bond |
| MPL | Maximum Permitted Level |
| CPS | Centimeter/second Viscosity Measurement |
| NSTL | Near Surface Transition Layer |
| ACAT | Acyl-CoA: Cholesterol Acyltransferase |
| HCPT | Hard-core Perturbation Theory |