ABET: Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology
AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Ampl: Amplitude
BUMED: Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
CPR: Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
D: Deciduous
D: Density
DISSEM: Dissemination
DMSA: Defense Medical Support Activity
DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid
DOD: date of death
DWS: disaster warning system
EI: effectiveness index
EMT: Emergency Medical Technician
FFI: Free From Infection
Grad: Graduate
IR: Impulse response
is: Information Systems
IV: Intravenous
labs: laboratories
MOPP: Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
MS: Master of Science
nfi: no further information
obs: observation
OPN: operation
OTC: Over-the-Counter
PC: positive control
QOL: Quality of Life
Ra: roughness average
T: Training
TB: Tuberculosis
TG: training group
UA: unauthorized absence
unsat: unsatisfactory
USAMMDA: United States Army Medical Materiel Development Activity
WHO: World Health Organization