| DV | dependent variable; diagnostic variable; difference in volume; digital vibration; dilute volume; dis... |
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| EBV | effective blood volume; Epstein-Barr virus; estimated blood volume |
| ECV | epithelial cell vacuolization; extracellular volume; extracorporeal volume |
| HV | hallux valgus; Hantaan virus; heart volume; hepatic vein; herpesvirus; high voltage; high volume; ho... |
| IFV | interstitial fluid volume; intracellular fluid volume |
| resting tidal volume | The tidal volume under normal conditions, i.e., in the absence of exercise or other conditions that stimulate breathing. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| right ventricular volume overload | <radiology> Atrial septal defect, partial/total APVR, tricuspid insufficiency, pulmonary insufficiency, congenital/aquired absence of pericardium, Ebstein anomaly (not truly RV) (12 Dec 1998) |
| minute volume | The volume of any gas or fluid moved per minute; e.g., cardiac output or the respiratory minute volume. (05 Mar 2000) |
| closing volume | The lung volume at which the dependent lung zones cease to ventilate presumably as a result of airway closure. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plasma volume | Volume of plasma in the circulation. It is usually measured by indicator dilution techniques. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pressure-volume index | Method of evaluating the cerebrospinal fluid hydrodynamics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| specimen interaction volume | <microscopy> The volume inside the specimen in which all specimen interactions occur during electron beam irradiation. (05 Aug 1998) |
| standard volume | The volume of an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure, approximately 22.414 liters. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stroke volume | <physiology> The amount of blood pumped out of one ventricle of the heart as the result of a single contraction. A measure of the effectiveness of ventricular contraction. (16 Dec 1997) |
| distribution volume | The volume throughout which an added tracer substance appears to have been evenly distributed, calculated by dividing the amount of tracer added by its concentration after equilibration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inspiratory reserve volume | The extra volume of air that can be inspired with maximal effort after reaching the end of a normal, quiet inspiration. Common abbreviation is irv. (12 Dec 1998) |
| interstitial lung disease with increased volume | <radiology> Cystic fibrosis (CF), eosinophilic granuloma (EG), lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) (12 Dec 1998) |
| tidal volume | The volume of air inspired or expired during each normal, quiet respiratory cycle. Common abbreviations are tv or v with subscript t. (12 Dec 1998) |
| elution volume | <chemistry> The amount of eluant which has passed through the column in column chromatography before a particular peak in an elution profile appears, or before a specific substance of interest comes out with the eluant, separated out of the original mixed substance. (09 Oct 1997) |
| end-diastolic volume | The amount of blood in the ventricle immediately before a cardiac contraction begins; a measurement of cardiac filling between beats, related to diastolic function. (05 Mar 2000) |