| AV | Adriamycin and vincristine; air velocity; allergic vasculitis; anteroventral; anteversion; anticipat... |
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| A-V | arteriovenous; atrioventricular |
| AVC | aberrant ventricular conduction; Academy of Veterinary Cardiology; aortic valve closure; associative... |
| AVCS | atrioventricular conduction system |
| AVCx | atrioventricular circumflex branch |
| field block anaesthesia | Conduction anaesthesia in which small nerves are not anaesthetised individually, as in nerve block anaesthesia, but instead are blocked en masse by local anaesthetic solution injected to form a barrier proximal to the operative site. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fish-block | See Fish-tackle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| local nerve block | Infiltration of a local anesthetic around a peripheral nerve so as to produce anesthesia in the area supplied by the nerve. (16 Dec 1997) |