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Table of Acronyms |
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Table of Acronyms |
The following list of acronyms includes many of those used in this document, as well as some that are found in text associated with Life Science research.
| 0-G | Zero Microgravity |
| 1-G | Normal Gravity |
| 3-D | Three-Dimensional |
| 3-D ORAM | Three-Dimensional Optical Random Access Memories |
| 3T | 3-Tiered Command and Control System |
| A/D | Analogue-to-Digital |
| AAT | Adjustable Autonomy Testbed |
| ABA | Abscisic Acid |
| ABF | Anthropometry and Biomechanics Facility |
| ABP | Arterial Blood Pressure) |
| ABPS | Automatic Blood Pressure System |
| acesys | Automation-Culture-Environment Oriented Systems Analysis |
| ADAS | Ambulatory Data Acquisition System |
| ADF | Avian Development Facility |
| AEM | Animal Enclosure Module |
| AEMC | Advanced Environmental Monitoring and Control |
| AFS | Autogenic Feedback System |
| AGC | Asynchronous Ground Control |
| AGPase | ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase |
| AGS | Alternating Gradient Synchrotron |
| AHS | Adult Health Study |
| AHST | Advanced Human Support Technologies |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AIR | Atmospheric Ionizing Radiation |
| ALARA | As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
| ALFE | Astronaut Lung Function Experiment |
| ALS | Advanced Life Support |
| ALSS | Advanced Life Support System |
| ALSSAI | ALS Systems Analysis and Integration |
| Amu | Atomic Mass Unit |
| AOTF | Acousto Optic Tunable Filter |
| AP | Alkaline Phosphatase |
| APC | Antigen-Presenting Cells |
| ARC | Ames Research Center |
| ARF | Aquatic Research Facility |
| ARS | Air Revitalization System |
| ARTIS | Anomaly Response Tracking and Integration System |
| ASCAN | Astronaut Candidate Anthropometric Database |
| ATD | Advanced Technology Development |
| aVOR | Angular Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex |
| BAMs | Bioartificial Muscles |
| BBB | Blood-Brain Barrier |
| BCTMS | Body Core Temperature Monitoring System |
| BDC | Baseline Data Collection |
| bFGF | Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor |
| BFV | Blood Fow Velocities |
| BGH | Bioassayable Growth Hormone |
| bHLH | Basic Helix-Loop-Helix |
| BIA | Bioelectrical Impedance |
| BIO-Plex | Advanced Life Support Systems Integration Test Bed |
| BIS | Bioimpedance Spectroscopy |
| BLSS | Biological Life Support System |
| BMD | Bone Mineral Density |
| BMSCs | Bone Marrow Stromal Cells |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| BPC | Biomass Production Chamber |
| BPPV | Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo |
| BPS | Biomass Production System |
| BR&C | Biomedical Research and Countermeasures |
| BRAID | Brain Image Database |
| BRIC | Biological Research In a Canister |
| BSRF | Biological Space Research Facility |
| BW | Body Weight |
| CaBPs | Calcium-Binding Proteins |
| CAM | Chorioallantoic Membrane |
| CaM | Calmodulin |
| cAMP | Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate |
| CAMs | Cell Adhesion Molecules |
| CBFV | Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity |
| CBR | Carotid Baroreflex |
| CCaMK | Chimeric Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase |
| CCM | Cell Culture Module |
| CCU | Cell Culture Unit |
| CD | Circular Dichroism |
| CDC | Center for Disease Control |
| CDPKs | Ca2+-Dependent Protein Kinases |
| CE | Capillary Electrophoresis |
| CEBAS | Closed Equilibrated Biological Aquatic System |
| CELSS | Closed Environment Life Support System or Controlled Ecological Life Support System |
| CFC | Chlorofluorocarbon |
| CFD | Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| CGI | Computer Generated Imagery |
| CHIP | Channel-Forming Integral Membrane Protein |
| CKI | Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor |
| CME | Coronal Mass Ejection |
| CMI | Cell-Mediated Immune |
| CMS | Chronic, Intermittent Mechanical Strain |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus |
| CNAP | Continuous Negative Airway Pressure |
| CNES | Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (French Space Agency) |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CO | Cardiac Output |
| Co-I | Co-Investigator |
| COD | Calcium Oxalate Dihydrate or Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| CoF | Construction of Facility |
| COM | Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate |
| COP | Center of Pressure |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| COTS | Commercial-Off-The-Shelf |
| CPK | Creatine Phosphokinase |
| CPP | Conditioned Place Preference |
| CRE | Cyclic AMP Response Element |
| CRF | Clinical Research Facility |
| CRIM | Commercial Refrigerator/Incubator Module |
| CSA | Canadian Space Agency |
| CSI | Cardiovascular System Identification |
| CSK | Cytoskeleton |
| CSPG | Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan |
| CTA | Conditioned Taste Aversion |
| CTC | Cyanoditolyl Tetrazolium Chloride |
| CUE | Cooperative Ukrainian Experiment |
| CVP | Central Venous Pressure |
| DC | Decompression |
| DCO | During Caval Occlusion |
| DCS | Decompression Sickness |
| DDRT-PCR | Differential Display Reverse Transcriptase-PCR |
| DEC | Delayed Effects Colony |
| DEXA | Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry or Dual Photon X-ray Absorptiometry |
| DEZ | Distal Elongation Zone |
| DFB | Distributed Feedback |
| DLR | German Aerospace Research Establishment |
| DLW | Doubly Labeled Water |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DQE | Detective Quantum Efficiency |
| dsb's | Double-Strand Breaks |
| DSITMS | Direct Sampling Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry |
| DSO | Detailed Supplemental Objective |
| DSR | Digital Sleep Recorder |
| DTI | Doppler Tissue Imaging |
| DVA | Dynamic Visual Acuity Test |
| DXA | Dual X-ray Absorptiometry |
| EBV | Epstein-Barr Virus |
| EC | Endothelial Cells |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| ECR | Extensor Carpi Radialis |
| ECW | Extracellular Water |
| ED | Endolymphatic Duct |
| EDL | Extensor Digitorum Longus |
| EDLS | Enhanced Dynamic Load Sensors |
| EDNO | Endothelium-Derived Nitric Oxide |
| EDV | End-Diastolic Volume |
| EE | Energy Expenditure |
| EEG | Electroencephalogram or Electroencephalograph |
| EGF | Epidermal Growth Factor |
| EGOSS | Experimental Graphics Operator for Simulating Self-Motion |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| EM | Electron Microscope |
| EMG | Electromyogram or Electromyograph |
| EMLC | Electrochemically Modulated Liquid Chromatography |
| EMU | Extravehicular Mobility Unit |
| EOG | Electro-oculography or Electrooculograph |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPI | Echo Planar Imaging |
| ER | Estrogen Receptor |
| ES | Endolymphatic Sac |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| ESM | Equivalent System Mass |
| EVA | Extravehicular Activity |
| EXEMSI | Experimental Campaign for the European Manned Space Infrastructure |
| FAK | Focal Adhesion Kinase |
| FBS | Fetal Bovine Serum |
| FCS | Fetal Calf Serum |
| FEA | Finite Element Analysis |
| FGE | Fibroblast Growth Factor |
| FGI | Foot-Ground Interface Measurement Device |
| FIA | Flow Injection Analysis |
| FISH | Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization |
| FMS | Fluorescent Microspheres |
| FPA | Fluid Processing Apparatus |
| FSU | Fertilization Syringe Unit |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer |
| FTS | Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| FY 2000 | Fiscal Year 2000 |
| GABA | Gamma-Amino-Butyric Acid |
| GAMA | G2 Arrest Modulating Activity |
| GASMAP | Gas Analyzer Mass Spectrometer |
| GB&E | Gravitational Biology and Ecology |
| GC/MS | Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry |
| GCR | Galactic Cosmic Rays or Galactic Cosmic Radiation |
| GES | Group Environment Scale |
| GeV | Giga Electron Volts |
| GFP | Green Fluorescent Protein |
| GH | Growth Hormone |
| GHRH | Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| GIA | Gravito-Inertial Acceleration |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GRAF | Graphics Research and Analysis Facility |
| GRF | Ground Reaction Force |
| GS | Gas Chromatography |
| GSRP | Graduate Student Research Program |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| HAART | Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy |
| HALO | Hours After Lights On |
| HARV | High Aspect Ratio Vessel |
| HAS | Human Skeletal a-Actin |
| hASMC | Human Aortic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell |
| HBO | Hyperbaric Oxygenation |
| HCI | Human-Computer Interaction |
| HDBR | Head-Down Bed Rest |
| HDNF | Head-Down Neck Flexion |
| HDT | Head-Down Tilt |
| HEC | Human Exercise Centrifuge |
| HEDS | Human Exploration of Deep Space |
| HGD | Handgrip Dynamometer |
| HGMF | High Gradient Magnetic Fields |
| HI | Harvest Index |
| HIL | Hydrostatic Indifference Level |
| HIMAC | Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator In Chiba |
| HLE | Human Lens Epithelial |
| HLF | Human Lens Fiber |
| HLS | Human Life Sciences |
| HLU | Hindlimb Unweighted |
| HOG | High Osmolarity Growth |
| HPC | Human Powered Centrifuge |
| HPLC | High Pressure Liquid Chromatography or High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| HPMC | Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose |
| hprt | Hypoxanthine Guanine Phosphoribosyl Transferase |
| HR | Heart Rate |
| HRF | Human Research Facility |
| HS | Hindlimb Suspension |
| HSCT | High Speed Civil Transport |
| HTSF | Human Test Subject Facility |
| HU | Hindlimb Unloaded |
| HUBES | Human Behavior in Extended Spaceflight |
| HUT | Head-Up Tilt |
| HyFaCC | Hypergravity Facility for Cell Culture |
| HypH | Hyperpolarized 3He |
| HypX | Hyperpolarized 129Xe |
| HZE | High-Energy Heavy Ions |
| I.V. | Intravenous |
| IAPP | International Antarctic Psychological Program |
| IBCS | Inflight Blood Collection System |
| IBCTs | Image-Based Clinical Trials |
| IBMP | Institute of Biomedical Problems |
| ICP | Intracranial Pressure |
| ICPB | Immobilized Cell Packed Bed Bioreactors |
| ICPMS | Induced Coupled Mass Spectrometry |
| ICW | Intracellular Water |
| IDDM | Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
| IFA | Information Flow Analysis |
| IFEM | Institute for Environmental Medicine |
| IGF-I | Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I |
| IL | Interleukin |
| ILV | Instantaneous Lung Volume |
| IM | Intramuscularly |
| IML | International Microgravity Laboratory |
| IMS | Ion Mobility Spectrometry |
| iNOS | Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| IRS-1 | Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 |
| ISF | Interstitial Fluid |
| ISLSWG | International Space Life Sciences Working Group |
| ISS | International Space Station |
| ISU | International Space University |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
| IVA | Intravehicular Activity |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| JSC | Johnson Space Center |
| KFT | KSC Fixation Tube |
| KSC | Kennedy Space Center |
| LAC | Long-Arm Centrifugation |
| LAP | Left Atrial Pressure |
| LBL | Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
| LBM | Lean Body Mass |
| LBNP | Lower Body Negative Pressure |
| LBNPD | Lower Body Negative Pressure Device |
| LC | Liquid Chromatography |
| LD | Labyrinthine Deficient |
| LDL | Low Density Lipoprotein |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode |
| LEO | Low Earth Orbit |
| LET | Linear Energy Transfer |
| LETF | Lighting Environment Test Facility |
| LIF | Laser Induced Fluorescence |
| LMS | Life and Microgravity Spacelab or Life and Microgravity Sciences |
| LOH | Loss of Heterozygosity |
| LSDA | Life Sciences Data Archive |
| LSE | Laboratory Support Equipment |
| LV | Left Ventricular |
| LVESV | Left Ventricular End-Systolic Volume |
| LVR | Leg Vascular Resistance |
| MAC | Memory and Search |
| MAP | Mean Arterial Pressure |
| MATB | Multi-Attribute Task Battery |
| MCS | Mock Circulation System |
| MCT | Motor Coordination Test (NeuroCom EquiTest) |
| MET | Mission Elapsed Time |
| MEZ | Main Elongation Zone |
| MF | Mutation Frequencies |
| MFA | Magnetic Flight Apparatus |
| MFIR | Morphologically Factored Image Representation |
| MG | Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle |
| mG | Microgravity |
| MHC | Myosin Heavy Chain |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations |
| MICRO | Magnetophoretic Induction of Curvature in Roots |
| MIP | Mars In-situ Resource Utilization Project or Major Intrinsic Protein |
| MMOD | Micrometeoroid/Orbital Debris |
| MMP | Matrix Metalloproteinase |
| MMS | Miniature Mass Spectrometer or Micro-Mass Spectrometer |
| MOI | Microgravity-Associated Orthostatic Intolerance |
| MOVPE | Metal-Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy |
| MPFE | Microbial Physiology Flight Experiment |
| MPR | Multivariate Polynomial Regression |
| MR | Magnetic Resonance |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| mRNA | Messenger Ribonucleic Acid |
| MRS | Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| MSA | Multiple System Atrophy |
| MSCC | Mechanically-Sensitive Cation Channel |
| MSIS | Manned Systems Integration Standards |
| MSNA | Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity |
| MTF | Modulation Transfer Function |
| MTs | Microtubes |
| MUSC | Microgravity User Support Center |
| MVI | Microgravity Vestibular Investigations |
| MY | Mutant Yield |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NASDA | National Space Development Agency of Japan |
| NCRP | National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements |
| NCRP | National Council on Radiation Protection |
| NDS | Nutrient Delivery System |
| NE | Norepinephrine |
| NF | Neurofilament Protein or Nursing Facility |
| NFT | Neurocognitive Function Test |
| NHM | Night Headband Monitor |
| NIA | National Institute on Aging |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NIMA | National Imaging & Mapping Agency |
| NIRS | Near Infrared Spectroscopy |
| NJ-NSCORT | New Jersey-NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training |
| NK | Natural Killer |
| NMJ | Neuromuscular Junction |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| nNOS | Neuronal NO Synthase |
| NO | Nitric Oxide |
| NOS | Nitric Oxide Synthase |
| NPS | Noise Power Spectrum |
| NRA | NASA Research Announcement |
| NREM | Non-Rapid Eye Movement |
| NS | Not Significant |
| NSBRI | National Space Biology Research Institute |
| NSCORT | NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| OCR | Ocular Counterrolling |
| OCT | Optical Coherence Tomography |
| OH | Orthostatic Hypotension |
| OIW | Optimal Impulse Waveform |
| OKAN | Optokinetic After-Nystagmus |
| OKN | Optokinetic Nystagmus |
| OLMSA | Office of Life and Microgravity Science Applications |
| OM | Organic Monomer |
| OPI | Orthostatic Pooling Index |
| ORAM | Optical Random Access Memory |
| ORF | Open Reading Frame |
| OTTR | Otolith Tilt Translation Readaptation |
| OVAR | Off-Vertical Axis Rotations |
| OVX | Ovariectomy |
| PABF | Precision Air Bearing Facility |
| PAF | Pure Autonomic Failure |
| PASTA | Photosynthesis and Assimilation System Testing and Analysis |
| PAWS | Performance Assessment Workstation |
| PB | Phosphate Buffer |
| PCD | Programmed Cell Death |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PDE | Partial Differential Equation |
| PDM | Plasmodesmata |
| PESTO | Photosynthesis Experiment Subsystem Testing and Operation |
| PGC | Plant Growth Chambers |
| PGE2 | Prostaglandin E2 |
| PGF | Plant Growth Facility |
| PGU | Plant Growth Unit |
| PHE | Phenylephrine |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| PILOT | Portable Inflight Landing Operations Trainer |
| PKA | Protein Kinase |
| PKC | Protein Kinase C |
| PLSS's | Portable Life Support Systems |
| PMZ | Promethazine |
| PNTDs | Plastic Nuclear Track Detectors |
| POMS | Profile of Mood States |
| POTS | Postural Tachycardia Syndrome |
| ppb | Part-Per-Billion |
| PPB | Proprophase Bands |
| PPF | Photosynthetic Photon Flux |
| PPG | Program Project Grant |
| PPLL | Pulsed Phase-Lock Loop |
| ppt | Part-Per-Trillion |
| pQCT | Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography |
| PRA | Plasma Renin Activity |
| PRI | Peripheral Resistance Index |
| PS | Protein Synthesis |
| PSCs | Physiological Signal Conditioners |
| PSZS | Penn State Zero-Gravity Simulator |
| PTH | Parathyroid Hormone |
| PTS | Psychomotor Test System |
| PVP | Peripheral Venous Pool |
| QCT | Quantitative Computed Tomography |
| QICC | Quantitative Immunocytochemistry |
| QUS | Quantitative Ultrasound |
| R/UN | Refrigerator/Incubator Module |
| RAAS | Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System |
| RAHF | Rodent Animal Holding Facility |
| RAP | Right Atrial Pressure |
| RASTA | Radish Assimilation in Spaceflight Testbed Atmospheres |
| RBCM | Red Bloom Cell Mass |
| RBCs | Red Blood Cells |
| RBE | Relative Biological Effectiveness |
| RED | Resistive Exercise Devise |
| REM | Rapid Eye Movement |
| REP-PCR | Repeated Sequence Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| RERF | Radiation Effects Research Foundation |
| RF | Radiofrequency |
| RFLP | Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms |
| rhGH | Recombinant Human Growth Hormone |
| RIP | Respiratory Impedence Plethysmograph |
| RMR | Resting Metabolic Rate |
| RMS | Root-Mean-Square |
| ROC | Receiver Operating Characteristics |
| ROI | Regions of Interest |
| ROM | Range of Motion Suit |
| RP-HPLC | Reverse-Phase High Pressure Liquid Chromatography |
| RRM | Reduced Renal Mass |
| RS | Remote Sensing |
| RSA | Russian Space Agency |
| RSKE | Refrigerator Stowage Kit for Eggs |
| RSNA | Renal Sympathetic Nerve Activity |
| RT/PCR | Reverse Transcription/Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| RTAM | Real-Time Air Monitor |
| RTD | Residence Time Distribution |
| RWV | Rotating Wall Vessel Bioreactor |
| SAC | Short-Arm Centrifugation |
| SACS | Sleep and Circadain Studies |
| SAECG | Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography |
| SBD | Surface Barrier Detector |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovative Research |
| SBRP | Space Biology Research Associate Program |
| SBS | Sick Building Syndrome |
| SCAs | Standard Container Assemblies |
| SCEs | Sister Chromatid Exchange |
| SCI | Spinal Cord Injury |
| SCN | Suprachiasmatic Nucleus |
| SCU | Standard Container Unit |
| SCWO | Supercritical Water Oxidation |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium Dodecylsulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| SEU | Sensor Electronics Unit |
| SHFE | Space Human Factors Engineering |
| SHR | Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats |
| SICTDS | Solar Irradiance Collection, Transmission and Distribution System |
| SIGB | Standard Interface Glovebox |
| SL-J | Spacelab Japan |
| SLI | Sleep Length Index |
| SLS | Space Life Science |
| SLS-1 | Spacelab Life Sciences - 1 |
| SLS-2 | Spacelab Life Sciences - 2 |
| SLSTP | Student Life Science Training Program |
| SM | Simulated Microgravity |
| SMAC | Space Maximum Allowable Concentration |
| SMAP | Systems Modeling and Analysis Project |
| SMC | Smooth Muscle Cell |
| SMS | Space Motion Sickness |
| SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| SNS | Sympathetic Nervous System |
| SOD | Superoxide Dismutase |
| Sol | Soleus Muscle |
| SOT | Sensory Organization Test (NeuroCom EquiTest) |
| SPDS | Charged Particle Directional Spectrometer |
| SPE | Solar Particle Event |
| SPGF | Subterranean Plant Growth Facility |
| SPR | Skin Potential Response |
| SRR | Science Readiness Review |
| SSG | Submandibular Salivary Gland |
| SSM | Systems Studies and Modeling |
| SSNA | Skin Sympathetic Nerve Activity |
| SSVEO | Space Shuttle Vehicle Engineering Office |
| STC | Specimen Test Container |
| STL | Space Tissue Loss |
| STL-A | Space Tissue Loss Apparatus A |
| STLV | Slow Turning Lateral Vessel |
| STS | Space Transportation System |
| STTPS | Single Truss Tomato Production System |
| SuMS | Surface Management System |
| SVT | Science Verification Test |
| SWS | Slow Wave Sleep |
| TA | Tibialis Anterior Muscle |
| TAGES | Transgenic Arabidopsis Gene Expression System |
| TBW | Total Body Water |
| TCH | Touch Genes |
| TCR | T-Cell Receptor |
| TD | Thyroid Deficient |
| TDI | Time-Delayed Iintegration |
| TDL | Tunable Diode Laser |
| TDRSS | Tracking Data Relay Satellite System |
| TEPC | Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter |
| TFT | Tendon Force Transducer |
| TGF | Transforming Growth Factor |
| TGF-beta | Transforming Growth Factor Beta |
| TIMP | Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases |
| TLD | Thermoluminescent Detector |
| TNF-alpha | Tissue Necrosis Factor Alpha |
| TnI | Troponin I |
| TnT | Troponin T |
| TOC | Total Organic Carbon |
| TOFMS | Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer |
| TPCA | Top Projection Canopy Area |
| TPR | Total Peripheral Resistance |
| TST | Track Structure Theory |
| TTD | Tilt-Translation Device |
| TVD | Torque Velocity Dynamometer |
| tVOR | Translational Vestibulo-Ocular Adaptation |
| UAW | Upper Airway |
| UMS | Urine Monitoring System |
| URCRM | Urals Research Centre for Radiation Medicine |
| UTC-PAB | Unified Tri-Service Cognitive Assessment Battery |
| VCP | Vestibular-Contingent Pointing |
| VE | Virtual Environment |
| VEG | Virtual Environment Generator |
| VEGF | Vascular Endothelial Cell Growth Factor |
| VGE | Venous Gas Embolism |
| VL | Vastus Lateralis Muscle |
| VO2 | Oxygen Consumption |
| VOA | Volatile Organic Analyzer |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
| VOCC | Venous Occlusion Cuff and Controller |
| VOG | Video-Oculography |
| VOR | Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex |
| VQEG | Video Quality Experts Group |
| VR | Virtual Reality |
| VRF | Vestibular Research Facility |
| VRI | Visual Reorientation Illusions |
| VRUT | Virtual Reality Utilities |
| VSCC | Voltage Sensitive Calcium Channel |
| VsEP | Vestibular Evoked Potential |
| VVCP | Visual-Vestibular Contingent Pointing |
| WAFAL | Water and Food Analytical Laboratory |
| WARP | Wireless Augmented Reality Prototype |
| WB | Weight-Bearing |
| WBC | White Blood Cell |
| WEK | Water Experiment Kit |
| WES | Work Environment Scale |
| WETF | Weightless Environment Test Facility |
| WRS | Water Recovery System |
| WT | Wildtype |
| wwr | Wrong Way Response |
| XET | Xyloglucan Endotransglycosylase |
| ZGS | Zero Gravity Simulator |