V
V-BAC:
Vaginal birth after caesarian
VA:
Visual acuity
VAD:
Vincristine adriblastine dexamethasone
VAMP:
Vincristine adriblastine methylprednisone
VC:
Vital capacity
vCJD:
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
VD:
Vaginal delivery
VDRL:
Venereal diseases research laboratory (old test for syphilis)
VE:
Vaginal examination (manual examination)
VEB:
Ventricular ectopic beat
VF:
Ventricular fibrillation
VIP:
Vasoactive intestinal peptide
VLDL:
Very low density lipoprotein
VMA:
Vanillylmandelic acid
VOD:
Volume of distribution
VPA:
Valproic acid
VRE:
Vancomycin resistant enterococci
VSD:
Ventricular septal defect
VT:
Ventricular tachycardia
W
WAT:
White adipose tissue
WBC:
White blood cells
WDWN:
Well developed , well nourished
WNL:
Within normal limits ( also : we never looked)
WPW:
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
WWI:
Walking while intoxicated
X
x:
Times/for
x/12:
X number of months
x/40:
X number of weeks of pregnancy
x/52:
X number of weeks
x/7:
X number of days
Y
YOYO:
“You’re on your own”
Z
ZIFT:
Zygote intrafallopian transfer