| Acronym | Meaning |
| COC | Cyclic Olefin Copolymers |
| IPIB | Intense Pulsed Ion Beam |
| HAP | Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| CELISA | Competitive Enzyme-linked Immunoabsorbent Assay |
| SE | Symmetric Eikonal (approxn. In Calcns. On Ion Scattering) |
| CPFD | Coupled-pair Functional With Double Excitation |
| EDRF | Endothelium-derived Relaxing Factor |
| MDQ | Minimum Detectable Quantity |
| HTLV | Human T-lymphotropic Virus |
| TESSA | Total Exhaust Solvent Scrubbing Apparatus |