Medical abbreviations and acronyms (V)

This article contains a list of commonly used medical abbreviations and acronyms that start with the letter V and may be encountered in medicine and radiology (please keep the main list and any sublists in alphabetic order).

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• V
  • coagulation factor V
  • five (Roman numeral)
  • hepatic segment V (segment 5 is now preferred)
  • trigeminal nerve
  • valine (single letter amino acid code)
  • vanadium
  • vein
  • velocity
  • ventilation (in a VQ scan)
  • voice (GCS)
  • volt/voltage
• v: version (e.g. v1.0)
• VA
  • Department of Veterans Affairs (Federal agency of USA)
  • vertebral artery
  • visual acuity
• VAC: vacuum-assisted closure (wounds)
• VACTER: vertebral, anal, cardiac, tracheoesophageal, renal
• VACTERL: vertebral, anal, cardiac, tracheoesophageal, renal, limb defects
• VAD: ventricular assistance device
• Val: valine
• VALI: ventilator-associated lung injury
• VAP: ventilator-acquired pneumonia
• VAS: visual analogue scale
• VASARI: visually accessible Rembrandt images
• VAST: variable sampling in time (GE)
• VAT: view angle tilting
• VATS: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
• VB: vertebral body
• VBAC: vaginal birth after caesarean section
• VBG: venous blood gas
• VC
  • vestibulocochlear
  • virtual colonoscopy
  • vital capacity
• vCJD: variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease
• VCME: vicarious contrast media excretion
• VCU: venous compression ultrasound
• VD
  • vaginal delivery
  • vascular dementia
  • vas deferens
  • venereal disease
• VDRL: venereal disease research laboratory
• VDS: verbal descriptor scale
• VDT: volume doubling time
• VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor
• VEMP: vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials
• VENC: velocity encoding
• VF
  • ventricular fibrillation
  • visual field
• VGKC: voltage-gated potassium channel
• VH
  • vaginal hysterectomy
  • visible haematuria
• VHL: von Hippel Lindau (may be written vHL)
• VI
  • abducens nerve
  • hepatic segment VI (segment 6 is now preferred)
  • six (Roman numeral)
• VIBE: volume interpolated breathhold examination (Siemens)
• VIBRANT: volume imaging for breast assessment (GE)
• VII
  • coagulation factor VII
  • facial nerve
  • hepatic segment VII (segment 7 is now preferred)
  • seven (Roman numeral)
• VIII
  • coagulation factor VIII
  • eight (Roman numeral)
  • hepatic segment VIII (segment 8 is now preferred)
  • vestibulocochlear nerve
• VISI: volar intercalated segmental instability
• VISTA: volume isotropic turbo spin echo acquisition (Philips)
• VIT: vitamin
• viz: namely (Latin: videlicet)
• VLCFA: very long chain fatty acids
• VLDL: very low density lipoprotein
• VMAT: volumetric modulated arc therapy 
• VNA: vendor-neutral archive
• VNS: vagal nerve stimulator
• VOD: veno-occlusive disease
• VOG: vein of Galen
• VOI: volume of interest
• VOL: volume
• VOM: vein of Marshall
• VOMIT: victim of modern imaging technology
• Voxel: volume element
• VP: ventriculoperitoneal
• VPS
  • ventriculoperitoneal shunt
  • verbal pain score
• VPSPr: variably protease-sensitive prionopathy
• VQ: ventilation perfusion (scan)
• VR
  • vasectomy reversal
  • virtual reality
  • voice recognition
• VRE: vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
• VRS
  • verbal rating scale
  • Virchow-Robin space
• VRT: volume-rendered transformation
• VS: versus
• VSD: ventricular septal defect
• VSS: vital signs stable
• VT
  • tidal volume
  • ventricular tachycardia
• VTE: venous thromboembolism
• VUJ: vesicoureteric junction
• VV
  • varicella vaccine
  • varicose veins
  • venous varix
• VWD: von Willebrand disease
• VZV: varicella zoster virus
• V1
  • ophthalmic nerve, first division of the trigeminal nerve (or V₁)
  • primary visual cortex
• V2
  • maxillary nerve, second division of the trigeminal nerve (or V₂)
  • secondary visual cortex
• V3
  • mandibular nerve, third division of the trigeminal nerve (or V₃)
  • third visual cortex