| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMSS | International Mass Spectrometry Society |
| SPM | Scanning Proton Microprobe |
| MDW | Mixed Density Wave |
| NTA | Nitrilotriacetic Acid |
| SSH | Suppressive Subtraction Hybridization |
| AKDQ | Aluminum-killed Drawing Quality |
| SID | Surface Ionization Detector |
| CFSS | Constant-final-state Spectroscopy |
| EMIC | Environmental Mutagen Information Center Database (NLM) |
| CCC | Copyright Clearance Center |