| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCID | National Center For Infectious Diseases |
| FAIMS | High-field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry |
| FEA | Finite-element Analysis |
| RAPD | Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA |
| DNR | Department Of Natural Resources |
| ASB | Ambient Stds. Branch [of The US EPA] |
| PSU | Practical Salinity Units |
| ECP | Estimated Critical Position |
| TIA | Transient Ischemic Attack |
| AFEAS | Alternative Fluorocarbon Environmental Acceptability Study |