| Acronym | Meaning |
| AAP | Association Of American Physicians |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| AFIP/ARP | Armed Forces Inst. Of Pathol./Am. Registry Of Pathol. |
| IU | Indiana University |
| SIM | Society For Industrial Microbiology |
| IVD | In Vitro Diagnostic |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratory |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NORD | National Organization For Rare Disorders |
| OAINN | Ohio Aerospace Institute Neural Networks |