| Acronym | Meaning |
| AP-PCR | Arbitrarily Primed Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| GT | Gelfand-Tsetlin Basis Function |
| QUASH | Quality Assurance Of Sample Handling [a EU Project] |
| DODCI | 3,3'-Diethyloxadicarbocyanine Iodide |
| CIBL | Convective Internal Boundary Layer |
| DEXA | Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry |
| ELS | Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
| UVAS | UV Absorption Spectroscopy |
| ORS | Odds Ratios |
| FWHP | Full Width At Half Peak |