Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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• VUD  voluntary unrelated donor
• VUJ  vesico-ureteral junction
• VUO  vesico-ureteral orifice
• VUR  vesico-ureteral reflux
• V-US  volumetric ultrasonography
• VUSE  variable angle uniform signal excitation
• VUV  vacuum ultraviolet
• VV  vaccinia virus; variable volume; varicose veins; venous volume; veno-venous; vertical vein; viper venom; vulva and vagina
• 2VV  double valve replacement
• V&V  verification and validation
• V-V  veno-venous [bypass]
• vv  varicose veins; veins
• v/v  percent volume in volume
• VVAS  vertical visual analog scale
• VVC  vulvovaginal candidiasis
• VVD  vaginal vertex delivery
• VVDL  venovenous double-lumen [catheter]
• VVFR  vesicovaginal fistula repair
• VVGF  vaccinia virus growth factor
• VVI  ventricular inhibited [pacemaker]; vocal velocity index
• v_vk  ventricular volume constant
• VVLBW  very very low birth weight
• vvMDV  very virulent Marek disease virus
• VVol  venous volume
• VVS  vesicovaginal space; vestibulo-vegetative syndrome
• VVT  ventricular triggered [pacemaker]
• VW  van der Woude [syndrome]; vascular wall; vessel wall; Volterra-Wiener [approach]; von Willebrand [disease]
• v/w  volume per weight
• vWAg  von Willebrand antigen
• VWD  ventral wall defect
• vWD  von Willebrand disease
• VWDFAg, vWDFAg  von Willebrand factor antigen
• VWF  velocity waveform; vibration-induced white finger; von Willebrand factor; von Willebrand Factor Database
• vWF, vWf  von Willebrand factor
• VWM  ventricular wall motion; verbal working memory
• vWS  van der Woude syndrome; viewing work station; von Willebrand syndrome
• VX  no evidence of venous invasion [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]; virus X
• Vx  vertex
• VYS  visceral yolk sac
• VZ  varicella-zoster
• V_z  volume of distribution in the terminal phase
• VZIG, VZIg  varicella zoster immunoglobulin
• VZV  varicella-zoster virus