| PBV | predicted blood volume; pulmonary blood volume |
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| PVR | peripheral vascular resistance; perspective volume rendering; poliovirus receptor; postvoiding resid... |
| RV | random variable; rat virus; Rauscher virus; rectovaginal; reinforcement value; renal vein; residual ... |
| TV | talipes varus; television; tetrazolium violet; thoracic vertebra; tickborne virus; tidal volume; tot... |
| VD | vapor density; vascular disease; vasodilation, vasodilator; venereal disease; venous dilatation; ven... |
| foliage volume | <botany> The space, expressed in cubic metres, occupied by a tree. (12 Nov 1997) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |