| WRC | washed red cells; water retention coefficient |
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| DV | dependent variable; diagnostic variable; difference in volume; digital vibration; dilute volume; dis... |
| 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... |
| forced expiratory volume | Measure of the maximum amount of air during a forced vital capacity determination that can be expelled in a given number of seconds. It is usually given as fev followed by a subscript indicating the number of seconds over which the measurement is made, although it is sometimes given as a percentage of forced vital capacity. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| 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) |