AI	Aggregation index
CTC	Circulating tumor cell
CM factor	Clausius–Mossotti factor
DEP	Dielectrophoresis
DI	Deformation index
DLD	Deterministic lateral displacement
dRT-DC	Dynamic real-time deformability cytometry
ESR	Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
HCT	Hematocrit
IFC	Impedance flow cytometry
iRBC	Infected red blood cell
MCH	Mean corpuscular hemoglobin
MCHC	Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
MCV	Mean corpuscular volume
MNP	Magnetic nanoparticle
μ-LaFF	Microfluidic lateral flow filtration
μ-PIV	Microparticle image velocimetry
nDEP	Negative dielectrophoresis
NIQPM	Non-interferometric quantitative phase microscopy
PA	Photoacoustic
PAFC	Photoacoustic flow cytometry
PBMC	Peripheral blood mononuclear cell
pDEP	Positive dielectrophoresis
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
PIV	Particle image velocity
PLT	Platelet
POC	Point of care
R-TPM	Rolling tomographic phase microscopy
RBC	Red blood cell
RT-DC	Real-time deformability cytometry
SAWs	Surface acoustic waves
SSAWs	Standing surface acoustic waves
TPM	Tomographic phase microscopy
TSAWs	Traveling pulsed surface acoustic waves
WBC	White blood cell