| Acronym | Meaning |
| HIT | Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia |
| MSPC | Multivariate Statistical Process Control |
| NOEL | No Observable Effect Level (in Animal Tests) |
| CRREL | US Army Cold Regions Research And Engineering Laboratory |
| SXRD | Surface X-ray Diffraction |
| FECAP | Ferroelectric Capacitor |
| PBSC | Peripheral Blood Stem Cell |
| PFU | Plaque-forming Units |
| GIXRD | Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction |
| LEO | Lateral Epitaxial Overgrowth |