| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPMP | Committee For Proprietary Medical Products |
| MASP-HMO | Mutual Additive Substituent Parameter-Hueckel Molecular Orbital |
| IMAC | Immobilized Metal Ion Affinity Chromatography |
| EDB | Ethylene Dibromide |
| TVC | Thermal Vapor Compression |
| CDCGE | Continuous Denaturing Capillary Gel Electrophoresis |
| CNRS | Centre Nationale De La Recherche Scientifique (France) |
| SAGE | Serial Analysis Of Gene Expression |
| PSA | Pressure Sensitive Adhesive |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |