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V-tear

Measurement of the amount of weight necessary to propagate a tear after a V…

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VT

Tidal Volume (approximately 0.5 L in an average young adult man)

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Volvulus

The bowel twists upon itself occluding the flow; bowel obstruction.

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Voltage

Electromotive force, pressure, or potential expressed in volts.

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Vocal ligament

A strong band of elastic tissue lying within the vocal fold. Vocal ligaments form…

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Vital capacity (VC)

A measure of the total amount of usable air available in the lungs following…

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Vertebra

[pl. vertebrae]. One of the 33 bones of the spinal column. The spinal column…

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Ventral ramus

Passes laterally and anteriorly to the sides of the torso, innervating associated muscles and…

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Vertebral foramen

The opening in a vertebra, between the neural arch and the vertebral body, within…

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Vesicant

A substance (solution or medication) that induces blistering (vesicles).

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Vesicles

A small circumscribed elevation of the epidermis containing a serous fluid; a small blister.

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