| Acronym | Meaning |
| IDO | Initial Dissolved Oxygen |
| LCVO | Linear Combination Of Valence Orbitals |
| MESI | Membrane Extn. With A Sorbent Interface |
| CL | Cathode Luminescence |
| TCVA | Total Culturable Virus Assay |
| ICE | International Common Elements |
| RDW | Relativistic Distorted Wave |
| CRIS | Cosmic-Ray Isotope Spectrometer |
| DETOCSY | Diffusion Edited Total Correlation Spectroscopy |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |