Medical abbreviations and acronyms (V)
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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).
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L -M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z - misc
- 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
- vinyl chloride
- virtual colonoscopy
- vital capacity
- VCE: video capsule endoscopy
- 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
- VEEG: video electroencephalography
- VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor
- VEMP: vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials
- VENC: velocity encoding
- VF
- ventricular fibrillation
- visual field
- VGKC: voltage-gated potassium channel
- VH
- 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
- VIR: vascular interventional radiology
- 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
- VOC: vaso-occlusive crisis
- 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
- VPSPr: variably protease-sensitive prionopathy
- VQ: ventilation perfusion (scan)
- VR
- vasectomy reversal
- virtual reality
- voice recognition
- VRE: vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
- VRS
- VRT: volume-rendered transformation
- VS: versus
- VSA: vasospastic angina
- VSD: ventricular septal defect
- VSS: vital signs stable
- VT
- tidal volume
- ventricular tachycardia
- VTE: venous thromboembolism
- VTP: ventral trochlear prominence
- VUJ: vesicoureteric junction
- VV
- varicella vaccine
- varicose veins
- venous varix
- VWD: von Willebrand disease
- vWF: von Willebrand factor
- 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
- +<li>vWF: <a title="Von Willebrand factor" href="/articles/von-willebrand-factor">von Willebrand factor</a>
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