Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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VLR vinleurosine
VLS vascular leak syndrome
VLSI very large scale integration
VLTF vaccinia late transcription factor
VM Valsalva maneuver; vasomotor; ventilator management; ventralis medialus; ventricular mass; ventriculomegaly; ventriculometry; ventromedial; vestibular membrane; video microscopy; viomycin; viral myocarditis; voltmeter
V/m volts per meter
V_m membrane potential; muscle volume; maximum velocity
VMA vanillylmandelic acid; vastus medialis advancement; ventilator management advisor
VMAP, Vmap velocity mapping
VMAT vesicular monoamine transformer
Vmax maximum velocity
V_max maximum volume
VMC vasomotor center
VMCG vector magnetocardiogram
VMCHN Victorian Maternal and Child Health Nurses
VMD Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; virtual medical device; vitelliform macular dystrophy
VMDS virtual medical device system
vMDV virulent Marek disease virus
VME Volunteers for Medical Engineering
VMF vasomotor flushing
VMGT Visual Motor Gestalt Test
VMH ventromedial hypothalamus
VMI, VMIT visual-motor integration [test]
VML vector markup language; ventriculomegaly
VMLS virtual medical library system
VMN ventromedial nucleus
VMO vastus medialis obliquus [muscle]; visiting medical officer
VMP virtual machine platform
VMR vasomotor rhinitis
VMRS Vermont Medical Record System
VMS virtual medical school; virtual memory system; visual memory span
VMST visual motor sequencing test
VMT vasomotor tonus; ventilatory muscle training; ventromedial tegmentum
V_m(t) time-averaged membrane potential
V_m(x,t) absolute transmembrane potential
VN vesical neck; vestibular nucleus; virus neutralization; visceral nucleus; visiting nurse; vitronectin; vocational nurse; vomeronasal
VNA Visiting Nurse Association
VNDPT visual numerical discrimination pre-test
VNO vomeronasal organ
VNQ variable N-Quoit filter [imaging]
VNR vitronectin receptor
VNRA vitronectin receptor alpha
VNS vagal nerve stimulation; virtual notebook system; visiting nursing service
VNTR variable number of tandem repeats; variable copy number tandem repeats
VO verbal order; volume overload; voluntary opening
V_O rest volume
VO₂, V_O_₂ volume of oxygen utilization
Vo standard volume; vascular volume
VOC vaso-occlusive crisis; volatile organic compound
VOCC voltage-operated calcium channel
VOD veno-occlusive disease; video on demand
VOI [Bayesian] value of information; volume of interest
VO₂I volume of oxygen utilization index
VoIP voice over Internet protocol
vol volar; volatile; volume; voluntary, volunteer
VOM volt-ohm-milliammeter
O₂ Max, O₂max maximum volume of oxygen utilization
VON Victorian Order of Nurses
V-ONC viral oncogene
v-one viral oncogene
VOO ventricular asynchronous (competitive, fixed-rate) [pacemaker]
vOOMM visual object-oriented matrix model
VOP vaso-occlusive pain; venous occlusion plethysmography
VOPS vector optimal parameter search [algorithm]
VOR vestibulo-ocular reflex; volume of regret
VORd vestibulo-ocular reflex in darkness
VORe vestibulo-ocular reflex enhancement
VORs vestibulo-ocular reflex suppression
VOS videothoracoscopic operator staging; vision, left eye [Lat. visio, oculus sinister]
VOT voice onset time
VOTE Value of Transesophageal Echocardiography [study]
VP physiological volume; vapor pressure; Varadi-Papp [orofaciodigital syndrome]; variegate porphyria; vascular permeability; vasopressin; velopharyngeal; venipuncture; venous pressure; ventricular pacing; ventricular pericardium; ventricular premature [beat]; ventroposterior; VePepsid; verbal paraphrasia; vertex potential; vincristine and prednisone; virion protein; visual presentation; Voges-Proskauer [medium or test]; voiding pressure; volume-pressure; vulnerable period
V/P ventilation/perfusion [ratio]
V&P vagotomy and pyloroplasty
Vp paced ventricular output; peak velocity; peak voltage; phenotype variance; plasma volume; ventricular premature [beat]
vp vapor pressure
VPA valproic acid
VPAP variable positive airway pressure
VPB ventricular premature beat
VPC vapor-phase chromatography; ventricular premature complex; ventricular premature contraction; volume-packed cells; volume percent
VPCT ventricular premature contraction threshold
VPD vaccine-preventable disease; ventricular premature depolarization
VPF vascular permeability factor
VPFRU vapor-protective, flame-resistant undergarment
VPG velopharyngeal gap
VPg genome-linked protein
VPGSS venous pressure gradient support stockings
VPI vapor phase inhibitor; velopharyngeal insufficiency
VPL ventroposterolateral; vertical partial laryngectomy
VPM ventilator pressure manometer; ventroposteromedial
vpm vibrations per minute
VPN ventral pontine nucleus; virtual private network [telemedicine]
VPO velopharyngeal opening; vertical pendular oscillation
VPP Vaccine Provision Project; vacuolar proton pump; viral porcine pneumonia
VPR vascular permeability reaction; ventricular paced rhythm; virtual patient record; Voges-Proskauer reaction; volume/pressure ratio
VPRBC volume of packed red blood cells
VPRC volume of packed red cells
VPRS variable precision rough set [model]
VPS Vasovagal Pacemaker Study; ventriculoperitoneal shunt; verbal pain scale; virtual point source; visual pleural space; volume performance standard
vps vibrations per second
VPT vibratory perception threshold
VQ vector quantization
V/Q ventilation/perfusion [ratio]; voice quality
VQE visa qualifying examination [for foreign medical graduates]
VQI ventilation perfusion index
V-QRS QRS ventricular potential [ECG]
VR right arm [electrode]; Valsalva ratio; valve replacement; valvular regurgitation; vanilloid receptor; variable rate; variable ratio; variable region; vascular resistance; vasopressin receptor; venous flow reversal; venous reflux; venous resistance; venous return; ventilation rate; ventilation ratio; ventral root; ventricular rale; ventricular response; ventricular rhythm; vesicular rosette; virtual reality; vision, right [eye]; vital records; vocal resonance; vocational rehabilitation; volume ratio; volume regulation; volume rendering [imaging]
2VR double valve replacement
Vr relaxation volume
V2R vasopressin 2 receptor [gene]
VRA visual reinforcement audiometry
VRBC red blood cell volume
VRC Vaccine Research Center; venous renin concentration
VRCP vitreoretinochoroidopathy
VRD ventricular radial dysplasia; viral reference division
VRE vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
VR&E vocational rehabilitation and education
VREF vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium
V_rest resting potential
VRI viral respiratory infection; virtual reality imaging
VRL lumbar ventral root; vanilloid receptor-like [protein]; Virus Reference Laboratory
VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VRNA viral ribonucleic acid
VRNI neovascular inflammatory vitreoretinopathy
VROM voluntary range of motion
VRP ventral root potential; ventricular refractory period
VRR ventral root reflex
VRS verbal rating scale; Virchow-Robin space
VRSA vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
VRT vehicle rescue technician; virtual reality therapy; volume ray tracing; volume-rendering technique
VRV ventricular residual volume; viper retrovirus; Virgin River virus
VRX variable resolution x-ray
VS vaccination scar; vaccine serotype; vagal stimulation; vascular surgeon; vasospasm; venesection; ventricular septum; verapamil shock; verification/recording system; vesicular stomatitis; veterinary surgeon; vibration syndrome; virtual simulator; visual storage; vital sign; Vogt-Spielmeyer [syndrome]; volatile solid; volume support; volumetric solution; voluntary sterilization
Vs stressed volume; venesection
Vs vibration second; volt-second
V_s system tissue volume
V x s volts by seconds
vs see above [Lat. vide supra]; single vibration; versus; vibration seconds; vital signs
VSA variant-specific surface antigen
VSAT very small aperture terminal
VSAV vesicular stomatitis Alagoas virus
VSBE very short below-elbow [cast]
VSC visual sequence comparison; voluntary surgical contraception
VSCC volume-sensitive chloride channel
VSCT ventral spinocerebellar cell
VSD ventricular septal defect; vesicular stomatitis virus; virtually safe dose
VSFP venous stop flow pressure
VSG variant surface glycoprotein; Vesnarinone Study Group
VSHD ventricular septal heart defect
VSIE volume surface integral equation [method]
VSINC Virus Subcommittee of the International Nomenclature Committee
VSIV vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus
VSM vascular smooth muscle
VSMC vascular smooth muscle cell
VSMS Vineland Social Maturity Scale
vsn vision
VSNJV vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus
VSO vertical supranuclear ophthalmoplegia
VSOK vital signs normal
VSP variable spine plating; very short patch [deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, repair]
VSR venous stasis retinopathy; visceral/ subcutaneous adipose tissue ratio
VSRA variable speech rate audiometry
VSS vital signs stable
V_ss volume at steady state
VST ventral spinothalamic tract; video-see-through; volume-selective excitation
VSTA Virus-Serum-Toxin Act
v-STM vaginal specimen transport medium
VSV vesicular stomatitis virus
VSV-G G protein of Gibbon ape leukemia virus
VSW ventricular stroke work
VT tetrazolium violet; tidal volume; total ventilation; vacuum tube; vacuum tuberculin; vasotonin; velocity of tension; venous thrombosis; ventricular tachyarrhythmia; ventricular tachycardia; verocytotoxin; verotoxin; vibration threshold; vitronectin
V_T tidal volume; T lymphocyte antigen receptor variable region; total ventilation
+VT maximum velocity of tension
-VT decline in velocity of tension
V&T volume and tension
_T tidal volume
Vt total vascular volume; volume of tissue [compartment]
VTA ventral tegmental area
VTach, Vtach, V tach ventricular tachycardia
VTB virtual tracheobronchoscopy
VTE venous thromboembolism; ventricular tachycardia event
VTEC verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli
VTEU Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit
VTG volume thoracic gas
VTI velocity-time integral; volume thickness index
VTK visualization tool kit
VTL ventricular tracking limit
VTM mechanical tidal volume; virus transport medium
VT-MASS Metoprolol and Sotalol for Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia [study]
VTN Vaccine Trials Network; vitronectin
VTOP vaginal termination of pregnancy
VTR variable tandem repeats; vesicular transport system; videotape recording; vitronectin receptor
VTSRS Verdun Target Symptom Rating Scale
VT/VF ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation
VTVM vacuum tube voltmeter
VTX verocytotoxin; vertex
vtx vertex
VU varicose ulcer; volume unit
vu volume unit
VUC voided urinary cytology

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