| cGMP | current Good Manufacturing Practice(s) |
| CHO | Chinese Hamster Ovary |
| gln | glutamine |
| gluc | glucose |
| GS | Glutamine Synthetase |
| GS-CHO | Glutamine Synthetase transfected Chinese Hamster Ovary |
| HIPDOG | HI-end pH-controlled Delivery of Glucose |
| IVCD | integrated viable cell days |
| LA | lactate adapted cells |
| Lac | lactate |
| Lac A | lactic acid |
| Laci | initial lactate |
| LC | lactate consumption |
| LSA | Lactate Supplementation and Adaptation |
| NH4+ | ammonium |
| OA | osmolality adapted cells |
| NR | not reported |
| P | nutrient or metabolite |
| qGln | specific glutamine uptake rate in μmol/106 cells-h |
| qGluc | specific glucose uptake rate in μmol/106 cells-h |
| qLac | specific lactic acid production rate in μmol/106 cells-h |
| qNH4+ | specific ammonium production rate in μmol/106 cells-h |
| TCA | tricarboxylic acid |
| TCD | Total Cell Density |
| VCD | Viable Cell Density |
| Yl/g | lactate produced per glucose consumed (mole/mole) |
| Kd | specific death rate in h−1 |
| μN | specific net growth rate in h−1 |
| μT | specific total growth rate in h−1 |