Medical terms starting with V
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- vaccinationGiving a vaccine to stimulate protection against a specific disease.
- vagin/oVagina.
- vas/o, vascul/oVessel, usually a blood vessel.
- vasovagal reactionA reaction with pallor, sweating, dizziness, nausea and sometimes fainting, which can occur during blood collection.
- vastus lateralisThe muscle on the outer (anterolateral) thigh; an intramuscular injection site and the preferred site for infants and…
- vector transmissionSpread of a pathogen by a living carrier such as a mosquito or tick.
- veinA blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart.
- venipuncturePuncturing a vein with a needle to collect blood.
- ventral cavityThe large anterior body cavity containing the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.
- ventricleOne of the two lower, pumping chambers of the heart.
- ventricular fibrillationA chaotic, life-threatening rhythm in which the ventricles quiver and blood is not pumped; it needs immediate CPR and…
- ventricular tachycardiaA fast, life-threatening rhythm from the ventricles with wide QRS complexes.
- ventrogluteal siteAn intramuscular injection site on the side of the hip, located using the greater trochanter and iliac crest as…
- veracityThe ethical principle of honesty and truthfulness.
- verbal communicationCommunicating with spoken or written words.
- vertigoA spinning type of dizziness; the person feels they or the room are moving.
- virusA tiny infectious agent of genetic material in a protein coat; it can multiply only inside host cells.
- visual acuitySharpness of vision.
- vital signsMeasurements of essential body functions: temperature, pulse (heart rate), respiration (breathing rate) and blood…
- vitaminAn organic micronutrient the body needs for normal growth and metabolism.
- VREVancomycin-resistant Enterococcus: bacteria resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin.