| Symbol | Description |
| PLA | Polylactic acid |
| PLLA | Poly (L-lactide acid) |
| FDM | Fused Deposition Modeling |
| HBSS | Hank´s Base Solution |
| AM | Additive Manufacturing |
| CAD | Computer Aided Design |
| PEEK | Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone |
| PID | Proportional-Integrative-Derivative control |
| SCF-NC | Scaffolds printed with No-Cooling |
| SCF-C | Scaffolds printed with Cooling |
| PE | Polyethylene |
| TGA | Thermo Gravimetric Analysis |
| FTIR | Fourier Transformed Infrared spectroscopy |
| DSC | Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| Crystallinity | |
| Tg | Glass transition temperature |
| Tm | Melting temperature |
| ΔH | Heat of fusion |
| ΔHo | Theoretical heat of fusion for 100% crystalline PLA |
| ΔHS | Heat of fusion for sample |
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