℃, Centigrade degrees, Celcius degrees

anno = year

Angström = 10^–7 mm

atom absorption spectrometry

American Chemical Society

acceptable daily intake

ad libitum

aqua = water

American patent

American Public Health Association (color numbers)

atmosphere (tecn.), unit of pressure, 1 at = 1 kp/cm²

atmosphere (physical.), unit of pressure, 1 atm = 1.033 kp/cm²

acetyl value

acid value

unit of pressure, 1 bar = 10⁵ Pa

method for measuring surface area according to Brunauer, Emmett and Teller

previous name of the German drug regulatory agency

Bibra Information Services (toxicity profiles)

boiling point

British Pharmacopeia

British Pharmaceutical Codex

1 calorie = 4.1868 J

Chemical Abstracts Service Number

cosmetic grade

Colour Index (EU)

Cosmetic Ingredient Review

in the US occasionally taken for cSt

Franc Codex Français

composition

centiPoise (mPa∙s)

Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products of the EMEA

centiStoke

Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association

density

relative density

dies = day

dose

German Pharmacopoeia (Deutsches Arzneibuch)

German Drug Codex (Deutscher Arzneimittel Codex)

published examined German patent application (Deutsche Auslegeschrift)

German federal patent (Deutsches Bundespatent)

German society for fat science (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fettwissenschaft)

dilutus = diluted

German institute for standardization (Deutsches Institut für Normung)

dosis letalis

dosis letalis minima

former German patent (Deutsches Reichspatent)

Engler grades, viscosimetry

European Community

European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances

European List of Notified Chemical Substances

European Medicines Evaluation Agency

English patent

German Pharmacopoeia, Supplement (Ergänzungsband zum Deutschen Arzneibuch)

et alii = and others

ester value

Fahrenheit degrees, see survey table Temperature Transformation

Bras Farmacopéia das Estados Unidas da Brasil

Food Chemicals Codex

US Food and Drug Administration

freezing point

Farmacopeia Ufficiale della Republica Italiana

giga = 10⁹

gas chromatography

the former German Democratic Republic

published unexamined German patent (DE) documentation; document laid open

gas liquid chromatography

good laboratory practice

gel permeation chromatography

hora = hour

hydrophilic-lipophilic balance

high performance capillary electrophoresis

high performance liquid chromatography

intracutaneous

International Conference on Harmonization

intramuscular

International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients

internus = internal

intraperitoneal

The Pharmacopoeia of India

infra-red

infra-red spectroscopy

international unit

intravenous

iodine value

Joule, unit of energy, 1 J = m² kg/s² (Nm)

Japanese Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary

The Pharmacopoeia of Japan

Japanese Pharmacopoeia Excipients

Japanese Standard of Cosmetic Ingredients

Kelvin degrees, SI-unit of temperature, 273.15°K = 0℃

kilocalorie(s), unit of energy, 1 kcal = 4.1868 kJ

kiloJoule(s), unit of energy, 1 kJ = 0.239 kcal

liter(s), unit of volume 1 l = 1 dm³

loco citato

liquid chromatography

lethal dose for 50 %

lowest published lethal dose in literature

loss on drying

molar, concentration unit e.g. 3M

Maximum Admissible Concentration (drinking water)

Maximale Arbeitsplatz-Konzentration

maximum

milliCurie

microCurie

Maximum Exposure Limits

milliequivalents/g

milligramm percent = mg of dissociated material in 100 g total mass (solvent)

minute(s)

minimal, minimum

Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)

minimum lethal dose

millimeter(s) of mercury, unit of pressure, 1 mmHg = 133.322387415 Pa

number molecular weight, determined for polymers by osmometry

mole(s), mass of 6.023∙10²³ moles (g)

molecular weight

melting point

melting point according to pharmacopoeial 'open capillary method'

milliPascal seconds, unit of viscosity, 1 mPa∙s = 1 cP

mass spectroscopy

month

weight molecular weight, determined for polymers by light scattering or ultracentrifugation

normal

number of members of a statistical collective

refractive index

The US National Formulary

nanomolar

nanometer(s), unit of length, 1 nm = 10^-9 m

nanomole(s) = 10^-9 mol

New and Nonofficial Drugs

New and Nonofficial Remedies

new prescription formulary (Neues Rezept-Formularium)

US National Toxicological Program

neutralization value

Austrian Pharmacopoeia (Österreichisches Arzneibuch)

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Occupational Exposure Limits

hydroxyl value

see Ger. Offen.

organic volatile impurities

oil-in-water (emulsion)

Poise, 1 P = 0.1 Pa∙s, dynamical viscosity

granted patent, does not indicate that the patent is still valid at present

Pascal, unit of pressure, 1 Pa = m^-1 kg s^-2 (Nm^-2)

paper chromatography

Permitted Daily Exposure (Residual Solvents)

the negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration

Pharmacopée Belge

Pharmacopoea Danica

Pharmacopoea Fennica

Pharmacopoée Française

Pharmacopoea Helvetica

Pharmacopoea Nederlandica

Pharmacopoea Nordica

Pharmacopoea Norvegica

Pharmacopoea Svecica

post injectionem, infusionem = after injection, infusion

picomolar

per os = oral

peroxide number

parts per billion

parts per million

primary

peroxide value

Recognised Disclosure numbers of CTFA

relative humidity

Rhodane value

residue on ignition

reversed phase high pressure liquid chromatography

second(s)

subcutaneous

specially denaturated alcohol

secondary

scanning electron microscope

solidification point

Saybolt universal second

Stokes, 1 St. = 10⁻⁴ m² s⁻¹, kinematic viscosity

saponification value

time

lowest published toxic dose in literature

tertiary

Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia)

thin layer chromatography

Threshold Limit Value

Toxic Substances Control Act

units

unguentum

The United States Pharmacopoeia

volume

volume percent = 1 ml of dissociated material in 100 ml solution

water-in-oil (emulsion)

weight