| VCS | vasoconstrictor substance; vesicocervical space |
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| VD | vapor density; vascular disease; vasodilation, vasodilator; venereal disease; venous dilatation; ven... |
| VD | dead space |
| Vd | voided, voiding; volume dead space; volume of distribution |
| Vd/Vt | dead space ventilation/total ventilation [ratio] |
| Trautmann's triangular space | The area of the temporal bone bounded by the sigmoid sinus, the superior petrosal sinus, and a tangent to the posterior saemicircular canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| epidural space | Space between the dura mater and the walls of the vertebral canal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| abstracting and indexing | Shortening or summarizing of documents; assigning of descriptors for referencing documents. (12 Dec 1998) |