| Acronym | Meaning |
| TTLC | Total Threshold Limit Concentration |
| HGH | Human Growth Hormone |
| ELLSA | Enzyme Linked Ligand Sorbent Assay |
| VADW | Vibrationally-adiabatic Distorted-wave Method |
| AR | Attributive Risk |
| LFC | Loss-free Counting |
| MBPM | Maximum Bubble Pressure Method |
| TBA | Tight Binding Approximation |
| MQDT | Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory |
| HESC | Human Embryonic Stem Cell |