Abbreviations - V

V - V venous invasion.

V - V

V/Q - V/Q ventilation/perfusion.

V2 - V2 second compartment volume.

V3 - V3 third compartment volume.

VA - VA alveolar volume.

VA - VA valproic acid.

VA - VA Veterans Administration (US).

VA - VA visual acuity.

VAC - VAC ventriculoatrial conduction.

VACTERL syndrome - VACTERL syndrome abnormalities of vertebrae anus cardiovascular tree trachea

VaD - VaD vascular dementia.

VAD - VAD ventricular assist device.

VAD - VAD vincristine doxorubicin and dexamethasone.

VAERS - VAERS Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (FDA).

VAHS - VAHS virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome.

VAS - VAS vibroacoustic stimulation.

VAS - VAS visual analogue scale.

VATER - VATER vertebral defects anal atresia tracheoesophageal fistula with esophageal atresia and radial and renal anomalies.

VATS - VATS video-assisted thoracic surgery.

VB - VB B chain variable (gene segments of T-cell receptor).

VBD - VBD vertebral bone density.

VBG - VBG venous blood gas.

VBH - VBH Vogele-Bale-Hohner head holder.

VC - VC colored vision.

VC - VC vital capacity.

VCA - VCA viral capsid antien (in EBV-IM).

VCAM - VCAM vascular cell adhesion molecule (endothelial cell adhesion molecule).

VCAM-1 - VCAM-1 vascular cell adhesion molecule 1.

VCE - VCE vaginal administration of conjugated equine estrogens.

VCE smear - VCE smear a cytologic smear of material obtained from the vagina ectocervix and endocervix.

VCFS - VCFS velocardiofacial syndrome.

VCU - VCU voiding cystourethrogram.

VCUG - VCUG voiding cystourethrogram.

VD - VD venereal disease.

VD - VD vessel diameter.

VD-GC - VD-GC vacuum distillation gas chromatography.

VDRL - VDRL Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (test for syphilis).

VEF - VEF ventricular ejection fraction.

VEGF - VEGF vascular endothelial cell growth factor.

VEP - VEP visually evoked potentials.

VER - VER visual evoked response.

VF - VF ventricular fibrillation.

VF - VF ventricular flutter.

VF - VF visual field field of vision.

VFC - VFC Vaccines for Children program.

Vfib - Vfib Ventricular fibrillation.

VHA - VHA Veterans Health Administration (US).

VHD - VHD ventricular heart disease.

VIP - VIP vasoactive intestinal peptide.

VISI - VISI volar intercalary wrist instability.

VLDL - VLDL very low density lipoprotein.

VLH - VLH ventrolateral hypothalamus.

VLO - VLO ventrolateral outflow.

VM - VM ventricular muscle.

VM-26 - VM-26 Teniposide (anti cancer drug)

VMA - VMA vanillylmandelic acid (urine levels concordant to serum catecholamine levels).

VMCH - VMCH Vinyl acetate - maleic acid - vinyl chloride copolymer.

VMO - VMO vastus medialis obliquus (a muscle).

VMO - VMO visiting medical officer.

vo - vo verbal order.

VP-16 - VP-16 Etoposide (anti cancer drug).

VPC - VPC ventricular premature contractions.

VPF - VPF vascular permeability factor.

VPL - VPL ventral posterolateral.

VPM - VPM ventral posteromedial.

VPPIM - VPPIM Vinyl polysiloxane putty impression material.

VPRC - VPRC volume packed red cells.

VQ - VQ (scan) ventilation/perfusion scan.

VRE - VRE vancomycin-resistant enterococcus.

VRO - VRO vertical ramus osteotomy.

vs - vs visit.

VS - VS vs vital signs.

VSA - VSA vital signs absent.

VSD - VSD ventricular septal defect.

VSO - VSO vertical sagittal split osteotomy.

VSP - VSP variable screw placement.

VSS - VSS vital signs stable.

VT - VT tidal volume.

VT - VT ventricular tachycardia.

VTE - VTE venous thromboembolism.

VTEC - VTEC verotoxin producing enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.

VTNR - VTNR vessel-to-tissue noise ratio.

VTP - VTP velocity/time profile.

VV - VV varicose veins.

VWD - VWD von Willebrand Disease.

VWF - VWF von Willebrand factor.

VZIG - VZIG varicella-zoster immune globulin.

VZV - VZV varicella-zoster virus