| FVC | false vocal cord; forced vital capacity |
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| PVCM | paradoxical vocal cord motion |
| TVC | timed vital capacity; total viable cells; total volume capacity; transvaginal cone; triple voiding c... |
| TVF | tactile vocal fremitus |
| VC | color vision; variance cardiography; vascular changes; vasoconstriction; vena cava; venereal case; v... |
| vocal resonance | The voice sounds as heard on auscultation of the chest. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vocal shelf | One of Ferrein's cords; the sharp edge of a fold of mucous membrane overlying the vocal ligament and stretching along either wall of the larynx from the angle between the laminae of the thyroid cartilage to the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage; the vocal folds are the agents concerned in voice production. Synonym: plica vocalis, chorda vocalis, labium vocale, true vocal cord, vocal cord, vocal shelf. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physical education and training | Instructional programs in the care and development of the body, often in schools. The concept does not include prescribed exercises, which is exercise therapy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| computer user training | Process of teaching a person to interact and communicate with a computer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sensitivity training group | A group in which members seek to develop self-awareness and an understanding of group processes rather than to obtain therapy for an emotional disturbance. See: encounter group, personal growth laboratory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensitivity training groups | A group of people who meet in an unstructured setting to learn about themselves, interpersonal relationships, and group processes and about larger social systems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| quenouille training | <botany> A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning. Origin: F. Quenouille distaff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| inservice training | On the job training programs for personnel carried out within an institution or agency. It includes orientation programs. (12 Dec 1998) |
| toilet training | Conditioning to defecate and urinate in culturally acceptable places. (12 Dec 1998) |
| training | The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education. <botany> Fan training, the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc, so that the branches shall spread out laterally in a horizontal direction. Training day, a day on which a military company assembles for drill or parade. Training ship, a vessel on board of which boys are trained as sailors. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| training analysis | Psychoanalytic treatment for the purpose of training of an analytic candidate carried out under the official auspices of a psychoanalytic training institute. Synonym: didactic analysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| training group | Any group emphasizing training in self-awareness and group dynamics. See: sensitivity training group. (05 Mar 2000) |
| training support | Financial support for training including both student stipends and loans and training grants to institutions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| true vocal cord | One of Ferrein's cords; the sharp edge of a fold of mucous membrane overlying the vocal ligament and stretching along either wall of the larynx from the angle between the laminae of the thyroid cartilage to the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage; the vocal folds are the agents concerned in voice production. Synonym: plica vocalis, chorda vocalis, labium vocale, true vocal cord, vocal cord, vocal shelf. (05 Mar 2000) |
| escape training | The technique whereby an organism learns to terminate unpleasant or punishing stimuli by making the appropriate new response which stops the delivery of such stimuli. Compare: avoidance conditioning. Synonym: escape training. (05 Mar 2000) |