| Acronym | Meaning |
| FAPS | Field-effect-addressable Potentiometric Sensor |
| ASIC | Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| PEFR | Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (lung Function) |
| AODP | Advanced Ocean Drilling Program |
| SO-LAPW | Spin-orbit (coupling) Linearized Augmented Plane Wave |
| MGED | Microarray Gene Expression Database |
| HDF | Human Dermal Fibroblast |
| ZEV | Zero Emission Vehicle |
| LCMVAO | Linear Combination Of Modified Valence Atomic Orbital |
| VEGF | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor |