POC	Point-of-care
WGM	Whispering-gallery mode
Q-factor	Quality factor
WGR	WGM resonator
CW-WGM	Continuous-wave WGM
RIU	Refractive index unit
LOD	Limit of detection
UV	Ultraviolet
CMOS	Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
DUV	Deep UV lithography
NIL	Nanoimprinting lithography
3D	Three-dimensional
OFRR	Optofluidic ring resonator
μTAS	Micro total analysis system
LOC	Lab-on-a-chip
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EtBr	Ethidium bromide
RIA	Radioimmunoassay
NAT	Nucleic acid testing
ISAD	Isothermal solid-phase amplification/detection
RPA	Recombinase polymerase amplification
WGMI	WGM imaging
TRAP	Telomerase repeat amplification protocol
APTES	3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
GAD	Glutamate decarboxylase
BSA	Bovine serum albumin
PSA	Prostate-specific antigen
PAP	Papanicolaou
AFP	Alpha-fetoprotein
CA125	Cancer antigen 125
hCG	Human chorionic gonadotropin
CEA	Carcinoembryonic antigen
CA15-3	Cancer antigen 15-3
CA27.29	Cancer antigen 27-29
MUC-1	Mucin 1
ING-1	Inhibitor of growth protein 1
HER2/neu	Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
ER	Estrogen receptors