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Terms for subject Medical (3308 entries)

v	ventral
v/d	vomiting/diarrhea	Ying
V4EaP	Visegrad 4 Eastern Partnership Program	Tiny T­ony
von Willebrand factor	vWF
vWF	vWF
vaccination	Giving a vaccine to stimulate a person's immune response. Vaccination can be intended either to prevent a disease (a preventive vaccine) or to treat a disease (a therapeutic vaccine)
vaccine	A substance administered to trigger an immune response against a particular disease. Most vaccines are designed to prevent a person from ever having a particular disease or to only have a mild case of the disease. However, therapeutic vaccines are intended to treat specific diseases. Although researchers are testing vaccines both to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, no HIV vaccine is currently approved for use outside of clinical trials.
vaccine related poliovirus	vaccine-derived poliovirus	Millie
vaccine related poliovirus	vaccine-derived poliovirus	Millie
vaccinia	The pox-type virus used in the vaccine that eradicated smallpox. Researchers are studying the possibility of using a modified, milder version of the vaccinia virus to develop a vaccine against HIV infection.
vacuolar myelopathy	A neurological disorder associated with advanced HIV infection. Vacuolar myelopathy causes the protective myelin sheath to pull away from nerve cells of the spinal cord, forming small holes (vacuoles) in nerve fibers. Symptoms of vacuolar myelopathy include weak and stiff legs and unsteadiness when walking.
vaginal ET	vaginal estrogen therapy	vlad-a­nd-slav
vaginal ET	vaginal estrogen treatment	vlad-a­nd-slav
vaginal ET	vaginal estrogen treatment	vlad-a­nd-slav
vaginal ET	vaginal estrogen therapy	vlad-a­nd-slav
VITI	vaginal intratubal insemination	Chita
p.v.	vaginally
valley fever	An infection caused by breathing in spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis. The infection starts in the lungs but can spread to other parts of the body, including the skin, brain, bones, and heart. In people with HIV, disseminated (extrapulmonary) coccidioidomycosis is an AIDS- defining condition.
valley fever	An infection caused by breathing in spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis. The infection starts in the lungs but can spread to other parts of the body, including the skin, brain, bones, and heart. In people with HIV, disseminated (extrapulmonary) coccidioidomycosis is an AIDS- defining condition.
Valley Regional Hospital	VRH