| Acronym | Meaning |
| LSMS | Laser Scan Mass Spectrometry |
| IRI | Immunoreactive Insulin |
| SSFLC | Surface-stabilized Ferroelec. Liq. Crystals |
| IAP | Integrin-assocd. Protein |
| TPM | Two-potential Model (in At. Scattering Calcns.) |
| SPHINCS | Sequential PHoton Interrogation And Neutron Counting Signatures |
| ECAFM | Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscopy |
| LASIK | Laser-assisted In Situ Keratomileusis |
| PAC | P1-derived Artificial Chromosome |
| STEAM | Stimulated Echo Acquisition Mode |