| ADI | Acceptance Daily Intake |
| Ag–pep | Silver-Peptide Conjugate |
| Ag/AgNPs/NPs | Silver/Silver Nanoparticles |
| AgNCs | Silver Nanoclusters |
| AMPs | Antimicrobial Peptides |
| AMR | Antimicrobial Resistance |
| ARBs | Antibiotic Resistant Breakers |
| CA | Citric Acid |
| CAUITI | Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection—Relevant Microbes |
| CCM | Curcumin |
| CD-MOF | Cyclodextrin-Based Metal–Organic Framework |
| CFR | Case Fatality Rate |
| CFs | Carboxymethylated Cellulose Fibers |
| CFU | Colony Forming Units |
| CNFS/CNFs | Cellulose Nanofibrils Films |
| COVID-19 | Corona Virus Disease 19 |
| CS | Chitosan |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| E330 | Citric Acid |
| EC50 | The 50% Effective Concentration |
| EC90 | The 90% Effective Concentration |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| ESKAPE | Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, And Enterobacter Spp. |
| EVD | Ebola Virus Disease |
| FDA | Food And Drug Administration |
| FT-IR | Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy |
| GA | Gallic Acid |
| Gm− | Gram-Negative Bacteria |
| Gm+ | Gram-Positive Bacteria |
| GRGDS | (Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser) Peptide |
| GSH | Glutathione |
| H1N1 | Influenza A Virus |
| HA | Hydroxyapatite |
| HAIs | Hospital Acquired Infections |
| HDP | Host Defense Peptides |
| HKUST-1 | MOF, Hong Kong University of Science And Technology |
| HSV-2 | Herpex Simplex Virus 2 |
| HY | Hyaluronic Acid |
| ICP-AES/ICP-OES | Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy/Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry |
| LbL | Layer-by-Layer |
| MBC | Minimum Bactericidal Concentration |
| MERS-CoV | Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration |
| MOF | Metal-Organic Framework |
| MRSA | Methicillin Resistant Streptococcus Aureus |
| NAM/NAMs | Nanoantimicrobial(s) |
| PCA | Polycaffeic Acid |
| PEG | Polyethylene Glycol |
| PEI | Polyethyleimine |
| PET | Polyethylene Terephtalate |
| PPA | Phenylpropanolamine |
| PVA | Polyvinyl Alcohol |
| PVP | Polyvinylpyrrolidone |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SARS-CoV-2 | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus 2 |
| SDS | Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| TE | Green Tea Extract |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| WHO | World Health Organization |