| Acronym | Meaning |
| IF | Interstitial Free |
| BCO | Bounded Crystal Orbital |
| PIONA | Paraffins |
| USP | United States Pharmacopeia |
| JMTR | Japan Material Testing Reactor |
| ILAP | Inter-Laboratory Analysis Program |
| AAPS | American Association Of Pharmaceutical Scientists |
| ICAM | Intercellular Adhesion Molecule |
| EPSC | Excitatory Postsynaptic Current |
| PISAM | Photon-induced Scanning Auger Microscope |