| DHM | donor human milk |
| DOHaD | developmental origin of health and disease |
| GM | gut microbiota |
| HM | human milk |
| HMM | human milk microbiota |
| HMO | HM oligosaccharides |
| HoP | Holder Pasteurization |
| LOS | late-onset sepsis |
| MOM | mother’s own milk |
| NEC | necrotizing enterocolitis |
| NGS | next generation sequencing |
| qPCR | quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| rRNA | ribosomal RNA |