| API | Active pharmaceutical ingredient |
| BJ-3DP | Binder jet 3D printing |
| CDE | Center for drug evaluation |
| DPE | Direct powder extrusion |
| ETT | Emerging technology team |
| FDM | Fused deposition modeling |
| GMP | Good manufacturing practice |
| HME | Hot melt extrusion |
| HPMC | Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose |
| MCC | Microcrystalline cellulose |
| MED | Melt extrusion deposition |
| PB | Powder binding |
| PI | Photoinitiator |
| PVP | Polyvinylpyrrolidone |
| SA | Surface area |
| SLA | Stereo lithography appearance |
| SLS | Selective laser sintering |
| SSE | Semisolid extrusion |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| US | United States |
| UV | Ultraviolet |