| Acronym | Meaning |
| NABT | Natl. Assoc. Of Biology Teachers |
| MCD | Mouse Cytogenetic Database |
| FSHD | Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy |
| NLM | National Library Of Medicine |
| LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| WHS | Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome |
| SIB | Society For Industrial Biology |
| HERAC | Health And Environmental Research Advisory Committee |
| ASIP | American Society For Investigative Pathologists |
| OTA | Office Of Technology Assessment |