| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| TCS | Target Current Spectroscopy |
| CST | Charcoal Sorbent Tubes |
| EPD | Electrophoretic Deposition |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care And Use Committeepar |
| SLC | SLAC Linear Collider |
| BCF | Bioconcentration Factor |
| EFTEM | Energy-filtering Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| BOT | Build-operate-transfer [an Agreement Or Contract] |
| IKES | Ion-kinetic-energy Spectroscopy |