| VD | dead space |
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| Vd | voided, voiding; volume dead space; volume of distribution |
| Vd/Vt | dead space ventilation/total ventilation [ratio] |
| VPS | ventriculoperitoneal shunt; verbal pain scale; virtual point source; visual pleural space; volume pe... |
| VRS | verbal rating scale; Virchow-Robin space |
| episcleral space | The space between the fascial sheath of the eyeball and the sclera. Synonym: spatium episclerale, interfascial space, spatium interfasciale, spatium intervaginale bulbi oculi, Tenon's space. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| epitympanic space | The upper portion of the tympanic cavity above the tympanic membrane; it contains the head of the malleus and the body of the incus. Synonym: recessus epitympanicus, attic, epitympanic space, epitympanum, Hyrtl's epitympanic recess, tympanic attic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extracellular space | Interstitial space between cells, occupied by fluid as well as amorphous and fibrous substances. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Kiernan's space | Interlobular space in the liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| united states national aeronautics and space administration | An independent federal agency established in 1958. It conducts research for the solution of problems of flight within and outside the earth's atmosphere and develops, constructs, tests, and operates aeronautical and space vehicles. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Kretschmann's space | A slight depression in the epitympanic recess below the superior recess of tympanic membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filtration space | |
| lateral central palmar space | The more lateral (radial) of the central palmar spaces, bounded laterally by the thenar compartment; related distally to the synovial tendon sheath of the index finger and proximally to the common flexor sheath. Synonym: lateral midpalmar space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral midpalmar space | The more lateral (radial) of the central palmar spaces, bounded laterally by the thenar compartment; related distally to the synovial tendon sheath of the index finger and proximally to the common flexor sheath. Synonym: lateral midpalmar space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral pharyngeal space | That part of the peripharyngeum spatium located at the sides of the pharynx. Synonym: spatium lateropharyngeum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| freeway space | The space between the occluding surfaces of the maxillary and mandibular teeth when the mandible is in physiologic resting position. Synonym: interocclusal clearance, interocclusal distance, interocclusal gap, interocclusal rest space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leeway space | The difference between the combined mesiodistal widths of the deciduous cuspids and molars and their successors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymph space | A space, in tissue or a vessel, filled with lymph. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute anterior poliomyelitis | Inflammation of the anterior cornua of the spinal cord; an acute infectious disease caused by the poliomyelitis virus and marked by fever, pains, and gastroenteric disturbances, followed by a flaccid paralysis of one or more muscular groups, and later by atrophy. Synonym: acute atrophic paralysis, myogenic paralysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alpha cells of anterior lobe of hypophysis | Acidophil cell's that constitute about 35% of the cell's of the anterior lobe. There are two varieties: one that elaborates somatotropin, another that elaborates prolactin. (05 Mar 2000) |