| 2D | two-dimensional |
| 3D | three-dimensional |
| ABS | adult bovine serum |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium |
| DS | degree of substitution |
| EDTA | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EMP | epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity |
| EMT | epithelial–mesenchymal transition |
| FIJI | Fiji Is Just ImageJ, version 2.14.0 |
| GelMA | gelatin methacryloyl |
| LAP | lithium phenyl-2,4,6-trimethylbenzoylphosphinate |
| LED | light-emitting diode |
| MS | mesenchymal morphology score |
| OA | oleic acid |
| OA–BSA | oleic acid–bovine serum albumin conjugate |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline (implied, though not explicitly expanded) |
| PyMT | polyoma middle T antigen |
| qM | quasi-mesenchymal |
| ROI | region of interest |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
| TME | tumor microenvironment |