Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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• LUP  left ureteropelvic; low urethral pressure
• LUPV  left upper pulmonary vein
• LUQ  left upper quadrant
• LURD  living unrelated donor
• LUS  laparoscopic ultrasound; lower uterine segment
• LUSB  left upper scapular border; left upper sternal border
• LUT  look-up table
• LUTO  lower urinary tract obstruction
• LUV  large unilamellar vesicle
• LUZ  left upper zone
• LV  laryngeal vestibule; latent virus; lateral ventricle; lecithovitellin; left ventricle, left ventricular; Lentivirus, lentivirus; leucovorin; leukemia virus; leukosis virus; live vaccine; live virus; low voltage; low volume; lumbar vertebra; lung volume; lyssavirus
• Lv  brightness or luminance
• Lv  leave
• LVA  left ventricular aneurysm; left vertebral artery
• LVAD  left ventricular assist device
• LV_ap  apical aspect of left ventricle
• L-variant  a defective bacterial variant that can multiply on hypertonic medium
• LVAS  left ventricular assist system
• LV_bas  lateral basilar left ventricle
• LVBP  left ventricular bypass pump
• LVC  low-viscosity cement
• LVCS  low vertical cesarean section
• LVD  left ventricular dysfunction
• LVd  latent viroid; left ventricle, distal [electrode]
• LVDD  left ventricular diastolic dimension
• LVDd  left ventricular diastolic dimension; left ventricular dimension in end-diastole
• LVDI  left ventricular dimension
• LVDP  left ventricular developed pressure; left ventricular diastolic pressure
• LVDT  linear variable differential transformer
• LVDV  left ventricular diastolic volume
• LVE  left ventricular ejection; left ventricular enlargement
• LVED  left ventricular end-diastole
• LVEDA  left ventricular end-diastolic area
• LVEDC  left ventricular end-diastolic circumference
• LVEDD  left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; left ventricular end-diastolic dimension
• LVEDI  left ventricular end-diastolic volume index
• LVEDP  left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
• LVEDV  left ventricular end-diastolic volume
• LVEF  left ventricular ejection fraction
• LVEJT  left ventricular ejection time
• LVEP  left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
• LVESD  left ventricular end-systolic dimension
• LVESV  left ventricular end-systolic volume
• LVESVI  left ventricular end-systolic volume index
• LVET  left ventricular ejection time; low volume eye test
• LVETI  left ventricular ejection time index
• LVF  left ventricular failure; left ventricular function; left visual field; low-voltage fast; low-voltage foci
• LVFP  left ventricular filling pressure
• LVFT₂  left ventricular slow filling time
• LVFW  left ventricular free wall
• LVG  left ventriculogram
• LVH  large vessel hematocrit; left ventricular hypertrophy
• LVI  left ventricular insufficiency; left ventricular ischemia
• LVID  left ventricular internal dimension
• LVIDd  left ventricle internal dimension in diastole
• LVID_d  left ventricle internal dimension in end-diastole
• LVIDs  left ventricle internal dimension in systole
• LVID_s  left ventricle internal dimension in end-systole
• LVIV  left ventricular inflow volume
• LVL  left vastus lateralis
• LVLG  left ventrolateral gluteal
• LVM  left ventricular mass; left ventricular mass index
• LVMF  left ventricular minute flow
• LV_mid  midanterior left ventricle
• LVN  Laguerre-Volterra network [artificial neural network]; lateral ventricular nerve; lateral vestibular nucleus; Licensed Visiting Nurse; Licensed Vocational Nurse
• LVO  left ventricle outflow
• LVOH  left ventricle outflow [tract] height
• LVOT  left ventricular outflow tract
• LVOTG  left ventricular outflow tract gradient
• LVOTO  left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
• LVOV  left ventricular outflow volume
• LVP  large volume parenteral [infusion]; left ventricular pressure; levator veli palatini; lysine-vasopressin
• LVp  left ventricle, proximal [electrode]
• LVPFR  left ventricular peak filling rate
• LVP_max  maximum left ventricular pressure
• LVP_min  minimum left ventricular pressure
• LVPW  left ventricular posterior wall
• LVQ  learning vector quantization
• LVR  loviride
• LVRD  left ventricular replacement device
• LVRS  lung volume reduction surgery
• LVS  laryngovideostroboscopy; left ventricular strain; live vaccine strain
• LVs  left ventricular system
• LVSEMI  left ventricular subendocardial myocardial ischemia
• LVSI  left ventricular systolic index
• LVSO  left ventricular systolic output
• LV-SO  left ventricular site of origin
• LVSP  left ventricular systolic pressure
• LVST  lateral vestibulospinal tract
• LVSV  left ventricular stroke volume
• LVSW  left ventricular stroke work
• LVSWI  left ventricular stroke work index
• LVT  left ventricular tension; levetiracetam; lysine vasotonin
• LVV  left ventricular volume; Le Veen valve; live varicella vaccine; live varicella virus
• LVW  left ventricular wall; left ventricular work
• LVWI  left ventricular work index
• LVWM  left ventricular wall motion
• LVWT  left ventricular wall thickness
• LW  lacerating wound; lateral wall; Lee-White [method]
• L&W, L/W  living and well
• Lw  lawrencium
• LWA  low weight for age
• LWBS  leaving [hospital] without being seen
• LWCT  Lee-White clotting time
• LWK  large white kidney
• LWP  lateral wall pressure
• LWS  Lowry-Wood syndrome
• LX  local irradiation; lower extremity; lymphatic metastases cannot be assessed [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]
• Lx  latex
• Lx  larynx; lower extremity; lux
• L-XRF  L x-ray fluorescence
• LXT  left exotopia
• LY  lactoalbumin and yeastolate [medium]; lymphocyte
• Ly  a T-cell antigen used for grouping T-lymphocytes into different classes
• LYDMA  lymphocyte-detected membrane antigen
• LYES  liver yang exuberance syndrome
• LYG  lymphomatoid granulomatosis
• LYM  lymph nodes
• Lym, lymph  lymphocyte, lymphocytic
• LyNeF  lytic nephritic factor
• Lyo  lyophilized
• LYP  lactose, yeast, and peptone [agar]; lower yield point
• LYS, Lys  lysine; lysodren
• lys  lysine
• LySLk  lymphoma syndrome leukemia
• Lyso-PC  lysophosphatidyl phosphatidylcholine
• lytes  electrolytes
• LYZ  lysozyme
• LZM, Lzm  lysozyme