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

  • 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

  • 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

• 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

  • 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

• 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