| Acronym | Meaning |
| BFT | Bonded Function Theory |
| LCST | Lower Critical Solution Temperature |
| PEDM | Perturbation Expansion (of The) Density Matrix |
| MACS | Modified Atomic Charge Superposition (in Calcns. On Atom-surface Scattering Potentials) |
| IRS | Insulin Receptor Substrate |
| GA | Genetic Algorithm |
| ABHP | American Board Of Health Physics |
| PPE | Porcine Pancreatic Elastase |
| FLIPR | Fluorescent Imaging Plate Reader |
| CSIA | Compd.-specific Isotope Anal. |