| AS | Angelman syndrome |
| ANDP | Activity Dependent Neuroprotective Protein |
| ATRX | Alpha thalassemia/mental retardation X-linked |
| BWS | Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome |
| BWSp | Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome spectrum |
| CDM1 | congenital Myotonic dystrophy type 1 |
| CJS | Claes–Jensen syndrome |
| CNV | Copy number variation |
| CRD | Chromatin-Related Disorders |
| CVS | chorionic villi samples |
| DD/ID | Developmental delay and/or intellectual disability disorders |
| DM1 | Myotonic dystrophy type 1 |
| DNMT | DNA methyltransferase |
| FM | Full mutation |
| FSHD | Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy |
| FXS | Fragile X syndrome |
| gDMR | Germline-derived differentially methylated region |
| GOM | gain of methylation |
| IC | Imprinting Centre |
| IG-DMR | Intergenic-differentially methylated region |
| Imp Dis | Imprinting Disorders |
| KOS | Kagami–Ogata syndrome |
| KS | Kabuki syndrome |
| LS | Lynch syndrome |
| LOM | Loss of methylation |
| mat | maternal |
| mCpG | methylation of cytosines preceding guanines |
| MLID | Multi-locus imprinting disturbances |
| MMR | mismatch repair |
| MS-MLPA | Methylation Specific Multiple Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification |
| pat | paternal |
| PHP1B | Pseudohypoparathyroidism 1B |
| PM | premutation |
| PTH | parathyroid hormone |
| PWS | Prader–Willi syndrome |
| SCMC | Sub-cortical maternal complex |
| SnoRNA | small nucleolar RNA |
| SNV | Single-nucleotide variants |
| SRS | Silver–Russell syndrome |
| SS | Sotos syndrome |
| TNDM | Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus |
| TS | Temple syndrome |
| TSS–DMR | Transcription start site-differentially methylated region |
| UPD | uniparental disomy |
| VUS | variants of unknown significance |