| CWRS | Case Western Reserve University |
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| AR | absolute risk; accounts receivable; achievement ratio; actinic reticuloid [syndrome]; active resista... |
| BRR | Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba [syndrome]; baroreceptor reflex response; breathing reserve ratio |
| CPR | cardiopulmonary reserve; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; centripetal rub; cerebral cortex perfusion r... |
| FRC | Federal Radiation Council; frozen red cells; functional reserve capacity; functional residual capaci... |
| flow-volume curve | The graph produced by plotting the instantaneous flow of respiratory gas against the simultaneous lung volume, usually during maximal forced expiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| foliage volume | <botany> The space, expressed in cubic metres, occupied by a tree. (12 Nov 1997) |
| left ventricular volume overload | <radiology> VSD, patent ductus arteriosus, mitral incompetence, aortic incompetence (12 Dec 1998) |
| lung volume measurements | Measurement of the amount of air that the lungs may contain at various points in the respiratory cycle. (12 Dec 1998) |