Glossary of Medical Terms, Abbreviations & Symbols
Dutch-English, French-English, German-English

You are on PAGE V.
See START PAGE for notes and a key to the Glossary. To search this page, use your browser's FIND function. To search the rest of the Glossary and the other glossaries on my site, use the SEARCH box below :

FR uses
scepticisme anti-vaccin / à l'égard du vaccin / vis à vis du vaccin = vaccine hesitancy; vaccine scepticism; vaccination resistance
sceptique = (adj.) vaccine-hesitant (e.g. "vaccine-hesitant parents"); (person) vaccination sceptic; "anti-vaxxer"

DE uses
Impfkritiker as an umbrella term covering both Impfgegner (usually lay people opposed to vaccination on e.g. religious and non-scientific grounds) and Impfskeptiker (who may include medical personnel not opposed to vaccination per se, but divided as to methods, timings etc:
anti-Impf- (as prefix, of attitude) = vaccine-hesitant; “anti-vax”
Impfgegner = “anti-vaxxer”; anti-vaccination activist
Impfgegnerschaft = anti-vaccine movement
Impfkritiker = vaccination critic
Impfskeptiker = vaccination sceptic (person)

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

vaccine = vaccinia; cowpox / vaccinostyle: fine lance used to sample blood from e.g. earlobe / VACTERL = vertebral, anal, cardiac, tracheal, (o)esophagal, renal, limb (pattern of congenital abnormalities) / VADS = voies aérodigestives supérieures = head and neck / vaginale = tunica vaginalis testis / vagissements = vagitus / vague = vagus nerve / oeil vairon = 1. eyes of different colours (genet.); 2. wall-eye (corneal leukoma) / valeur limite de concentration admise dans les lieux de travail = TLV (if inhalation) / valeur limite d'exposition (VLE) = (equivalent to, translate as) threshold limit value ceiling (TLVC) (limit which must never be exceeded even briefly; synthesis of TLV-STEL and TLV-C) (OSH) (Eurodicautom) / valeur moyenne d'exposition (VME); valeur moyenne de limite d'exposition) (VME) = (equivalent to, translate as) TLV-TWA (limit value over an 8-hour shift or 39 hours' work a week) (OSH) (Eurodicautom) / valeur seuil ponctuelle = cutoff value / valeur théorique = predicted value, reference value (lung function testing) / valve éclairante see écarteur chirurgical éclairé / valvule = valve / varice see Varix / vapotage = vaping / vapoteur = vape (electronic cigarette) / varicelle = chickenpox; varicella / varicosité = spider vein, see notes under Varix / varicositeit = varicosity (bulbous part of nerve terminal) / variole = smallpox; variola / Varix (D plural Varizen) = varix; varicose vein; varicosity (not to be confused with the finer telangiectases popularly known as "spider veins", "thread veins", "starburst veins", "sunburst veins") / varkenslintworm = pork tapeworm; Taenia solium / VAS = visual analogue scale (of e.g. breathlessness, pain) / vascularisation = vascularity, blood supply (to) / abondamment vascularisé = highly vascular; richly supplied with blood vessels / vascularite = vasculitis / ostéosynthèse en vasque = bowl osteosynthesis (orthop.) / vatbaar voor = susceptible to / VATS = video-assisted thoracic surgery / VB = 1. vacuum biopsy; Vakuumbiopsie; 2. voided bladder urine (in prostate testing, samples VB1, VB2 and VB3 are distinguished: VB3 is taken last, after massaging of the prostate) / VC = 1. vital capacity (maximum useable lung volume; volume of gas which can be expired from a position of full inspiration, unhurriedly and not timed; normal value ± 3.5 litres, = inspiratory capacity + expiratory reserve volume; see also FVC) (rmed.); 2. volume courant (rmed.) / V_c = capillary (blood) volume (rmed.) / VCA = 1. valeur calculée de l'apgar, see indice d'Apgar; 2. viral capsid antigen / VCE = vertical centre-edge (radiograph) / VCG = vectocardiogram / VCI = vascular cognitive impairment; syn. (now deprecated) vascular dementia / VCUG = voiding cystourethrogram (urology) / VD = 1. venereal disease (obsol., now called STD); 2. ventricule droite = right ventricle / V_D = dead space (volume) (rmed.) / VdAK = Verband der Angestellten-Kassen (D) (health insurance) / VDRL = Venereal Disease Research Laboratory; VDRL test (for syphilis) / V_D/V_T = dead space/tidal volume ratio (rmed.) / V_E = expired ventilation (rmed.) / VEB = ventricular ectopic beat, see VPB / vecht- of vluchtreactie = fight-or-flight reaction / VEE = Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (virus) / "veelvraat" = "blackhead"; comedo (derm.) / VEEQ = ventilation equivalent (rmed.) / végétations adénoïdes = adenoidal vegetation; adenoids / VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor / à l'état de veille = when awake; in a state of wakefulness / veinotonique = venotropic; venotonic; phlebotropic; phlebotonic / Veitstanz = St Vitus' dance; (simple) chorea / VEMS = volume expiratoire maximal seconde; volume expiratoire maximale par seconde = forced expiratory volume in 1 second, see FEV₁ (rmed.) / venapunctie = venipuncture / vénotonique see veinotonique / ovale venster = oval window (ear) / ronde venster = round window (ear) / vent = to admit room air to cultures: "vented and unvented blood culture bottles.. with 2 days of venting" (microbiol.) / ventilation minute see MV (rmed.) / scintigraphie de ventilationperfusion = ventilation-perfusion scan; VQ scan (rmed.) / ventilation périodique = Cheyne-Stokes respiration; periodic breathing (rmed.) / Ventilations-Perfusionsverhältnis = ventilation-perfusion relationship; ratio (rmed.) / Ventilationsstörung = ventilatory defect; ventilatory impairment: obstruktive = obstructive; restriktive = restrictive (rmed.) / profil ventilatoire; régime ventilatoire = breathing pattern / régime ventilatoire de Biot = Biot's respiration; Biot's breathing (rmed.) / ventouse = cupping glass; ventouse / ventre de bois = board-like rigidity (of abdomen in e.g. peritonitis) / venulen = venioles / Venturator = type of environmental monitoring device / venusheuvel; Venushügel = mons pubis; mons veneris / Verabreichung = route of administration; delivery method (pharm.) / Verästelungen = ramifications (small airways e.g.) / Verbandbuch = first aid log (record of incidents requiring first aid, not list of first aid equipment to hand) / Verbandstoffe = (surgical) dressings / verbening = ossification / verbinden = dress (wounds) / Verbreitung = extent (of opacities) (rad./rmed.) / Verdichtung = opacity (area of denser tissue on radiograph; cf. Dichteanhebung) / Verdichtungsband = linear opacity (rad./rmed.) / verdovend middel; verdovingsmiddel = anaesthetic; narcotic / Vereisung = cryoanalgesia / Verengung = constriction; narrowing; stenosis (airway, blood vessel) / see Einengung / vererbbar = hereditary / verge = penis / vergesellschaftet mit = in association with (symptoms) / vergetures = stretch mark (derm./gyn.) / vergroeid = fused (vertebrae) / Verhärtung (Gewebe) = fibrosis (tissue) / verheerende Krankheit = "killer disease", "big killer" / verhornend = keratotic; horny; with keratin (epithelium) / verkalking; Verkalkung = calcification (rad./rmed.); arteriosclerosis / verkäsend = caseating (granuloma e.g.) / Verkäsung; verkazing = caseation / Verklebung = agglutination (cells) / Verklebungen = (tissue) adhesions / verklumpen = agglutinate; clump / Verlagerung = displacement (e.g. of organs during surgery) / Verlegung = obstruction / Verknöcherung = ossification / verkoudheid = (common) cold / verkoeverkamer = (postoperative) recovery room / verkümmert = stunted; withered; blighted / verlegt = blocked (blood flow, airway) / verlichting = relief; alleviation (pain e.g.) / verloskunde = obstetetrics / verlossing = delivery (obst.) / verlostang = obstetric forceps / Vermännlichung = virilisation / Vermittlung = transmission (nerve impulses) / vermutlich vorhanden = putative / Vernetzungsgrad = cross-linkages / Verödung = obliteration (removal by disease, degeneration or surgery) / grande vérole (obsol.) = syphilis / petite vérole see variole / os de verre = osteogenesis imperfecta; osteopsathyrosis (genetic defect, not to be confused with the "brittle bones" of oseoporosis) / en verre dépoli = ground-glass (opacity, obscuration) (rad./rmed.) / verrekking = strain / verrou = lock (prostheses) / verruqueux = verrucous; condylomatous; warty (carcinoma, typically of mouth, anus, cervix) / Versagen = failure (organs) / versant = side (of nose e.g.) / verschärft = intensified (breath sound) / Verschleierung = masking (of symptoms) / Verschluß = obstruction (bowel e.g.) / Verschlußdruckmethode = interruptor method (lung function testing) / Verschlußkapazität see CC (rmed.) / Verschlußvolumen see CV 3. (rmed.) / verschreiben = prescribe (pharm.) / Verschwielung = coalescence; confluence (of lung opacities, see also Herd) (rad./rmed.) / verschwommen sehen = (to have) blurred vision / versicherungstechnische Gerechtigkeit = fairness in insurance cover (bioethics) / verslavde = addict / verslaving = addiction / Versorgung = restoration (teeth) / verstandskies = wisdom tooth / Rhythmus-Versteifung = locking of (rhythm of) pacemaker / "versterkend middel" = "tonic" / verstuiking = sprain / Verstümmelung = deformity; mutilation / vertakt = branched (nerve processes) / vertébrothérapie = spondylotherapy / Vertragsarzt see Kassenarzt / Verträglichkeit = tolerability (by patient; NB better to paraphrase e.g. "[drug] was well tolerated") / Verträglichkeitsdaten = tolerability data (pharm.) / vertroebeling = opacity; clouding (lens of eye) / Verwachsungen see Verklebungen / Verwandtenblutspende = directed donation (by family or friends) / verwaschene Sprache = slurred speech / Verweilkatheter = indwelling catheter / Verweildauer; Verweilzeit = residence time (substance in body) / Verwölbung = bulging, protrusion (of intervertebral disc e.g.) / verzachtend = palliative (treatment) / verzadigd = saturated (rmed./nutrition) / Verziehung = distraction (of lung architecture) (rad./rmed.) / verziendheid = far-sightedness; long-sightedness; hyperopia / verzögert = delayed (allergic reaction e.g.) / verzwakt = diminished (breath sounds) / Verzweigungen see Verästelungen / verwering = uleration / verzwikken = twist, turn (ankle) / VES = ventricular extrasystole; ventrikuläre Extrasystole (card.), see VPB / vésicule = vesicle (gen. anat.) / vésicule biliaire = gallbladder / vésicule séminale = seminal vesicle / vessie à colonnes see Balkenblase / vessie hyperactive; vessie de lutte see OAB / vetembolie = fat embolism / vetweefselfgezwel = lipoma / vetzucht = obesity / vetweefsel = adipose tissue / vetzuur = fatty acid / VFC = vena femoralis communis = common femoral vein / VFS = vena femoralis superficialis = femoral vein (preferred term: formerly called the "superficial femoral vein", now deprecated as confusing since it is in fact a deep vein) / VG = ventricule gauche see LV / VGM = 1. veiligheid, gezondheid en milieu = safety, health and environment; 2. volume globulaire moyen see MCV / VHB = virus de l'hépatite B, see HBV / VHC = virus de l'hépatite C, see HCV / VHL = Von Hippel-Lindau (congenital abnormalities) / V_I = inspired ventilation (rmed.) / Vibratensiometer = vibra tensiometer / vice = defect / vicieux = pathological; abnormal / vidéochirurgerie = laparoscopic surgery, see also VATS / großes Vieleckbein = trapezoid bone; os trapezoideum / kleines Vieleckbein = trapezium bone; os trapezium / vierte Krankheit = fourth disease; Dukes' disease; scarlatinella / VIH = virus de l'immunodéficience humaine see HIV / vijgwrat = 1. genital wart; condyloma acuminatum; 2. flat condyloma; condyloma latum (syphilis) / VIN = vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (gyn.) / VIPPIN = ventilation en pression positive intermittent nasale see NIPPV / virémie = viraemia (condition of having virus in the blood, e.g. "low-level viraemia"; as a quantified level, it is "viral load" (expressed as copies of the virus per mL blood) / virginell = (previously) untreated / virocide = virucide / virose = viral infection / Virulenzfaktor = virulence factor (bacteriol.) / Virus- (as adj. usually) = viral / Virustatika = virustatics / Virusvermehrung = replication of viruses / viscosité intellectuelle = intellectual slowness (dementia e.g.) / viscus = singular form of viscera / visgraatsverband = figure-of-8 bandage; spica bandage / vision crépusculaire = twilight vision; night vision / V iso v = volume of isoflow (rmed.) / visschubbenziekte = ichthyosis; fish skin disease / vissenlintworm = fish tapeworm; Diphyllobothrium latum / viszerales Fettgewebe = abdominal fat / VIT = ventricular inflow tract (heart) / vitalité = viability (cells) / Vitalwerte = vital signs (pulse, blood pressure, etc.) / vitaminé = with added vitamins / Vitaminmangelzustand = vitamin deficiency / VITT = vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (virology, linked to Astra-Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine) / VK = Vitalkapazität = vital capacity, see VC 1. (rmed.) / VKB = vorderes Kreuzband, see ACL / VKF = voorkamerfibrillatie = atrial fibrillation (card.) / vlak = margin (surg.) / VLDL = very low density lipoprotein / vleesboom = (uterine) fibroid; leiomyoma uteri (gyn.) / vlekdiameter = spot size (laser surgery) / vlektyfus; vlekkentyfus = typhus; spotted fever, see typhus / vleugelvel = pterygium (eye) / vliegenzwam = fly agaric; Amanita muscaria / vlokkentest see CVS (gyn.) / VM = 1. ventilation maximale = maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV), see MBC (rmed.); 2. ventilation minute see MV (rmed.) / VMAT = volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy / VMM = ventilation maximale par minute = maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV), see MBC (rmed.) / vN₂ = venous blood nitrogen content (rmed.) / VNS = 1. vegetatives Nervensystem = vegetative nervous system, but see ANS; 2. visual numeric scale (self-reported pain) / VO₂ = oxygen uptake (rmed.) / VOC = variant of concern (Covid, virology) / voedingskunde = nutrition / voedingsmiddelenkunde = dietetics / voedingsmiddelentoxicologie = dietary toxicology / voedingsstof = nutrient / voedingsvezels = dietary fibre; roughage / voedselbrei = chyme / voetwortelbeen = tarsal bone / Vogelhalterlunge; Vogelzüchterlunge = bird fancier's lung; bird breeder's lung (blanket term for various types of ornithosis, usually qualified by name of bird concerned e.g. pigeon fancier's lung, chicken breeder's lung) / voie d'abord = surgical approach / petites voies aériennes = small airways (diameter < 2 mm) (rmed.) / voile du palais = soft palate; velum palatinum / vol de la sous-clavière = subclavian steal (syndrome) / infirmière volante = 1. bank nurse; float pool nurse (hospital staffing); 2. flying nurse (e.g. air ambulance) / voldragen = full-term (obst.) / volémie = blood volume / volet costal = flail chest / Vollblut = whole blood / vollblütig see pléthorique 1. / volledig bloed see Vollblut / Völlegefühl = bloating; feeling of bloatedness; feeling of fullness (gastr.) / volume alvéolaire courant = alveolar volume (V_A) (rmed.) / volume-cible clinique see CTV / volume-cible planifié see PTV / volume tumoral macroscopique see GTV / volume courant = tidal volume, see TV (rmed.) / volume d'éjection systolique = stroke volume (card.)/ volume de fermeture see CV 3. (rmed.) / volume gazeux thoracique see TGV (rmed.) / volume globulaire moyen see MCV 3. / volume respiratoire courant see volume courant / volume sanguin minute = cardiac output (rate) (symbol Q) / volume télédiastolique = end-diastolic volume (card.) / volume télésystolique = end-systolic volume (card.) / voorbehoedmiddel = contraceptive / voorhoofdsholte = frontal sinus / voorhorncellen = anterior horn cells (epithelium) / voorhuid see Vorhaut / voorkamer = atrium (card.) / voorkeursbehandeling = treatment of choice / voorkwab see Vorderlappen / voorraadgranulae = storage granules (nerves) / voorstanderklier = prostate (gland) / voorzijde = distal end (surg. instrument) / Proben mit Voranreicherung = pre-enriched samples (food testing) / Vorderhirn = forebrain; prosencephalon / Vorderhorn = anterior horn (spinal medulla) / Vorderlappen = anterior lobe (pituitary) / Vorfall = prolapse; hernia (of organ or other body part) / Vorgang = process (inflammatory e.g.) / Vorhaut = prepuce; foreskin (penis, clitoris) / Vorhautverengung = phimosis / Prozente zum Vorhersagewert see Sollwert / Vorhof = atrium (card.) / Vorhofflattern = atrial flutter (card.) / Vorhofflimmern = atrial fibrillation (card.) / Vorkern = pronucleus (cyt.) / Vorlagenwiegetest = pad test (of stress incontinence; patient wears a pad and its before-after weight difference measures urinary leakage) / Vorortbegehung = walk-through survey; jobsite audit (OSH: of an industrial plant e.g.) / vorquellend = protruberant, prominent (e.g. eyes in exophthalamos) / Vorsteherdrüse = prostate (gland) / sich vorstülpen = protrude / vortherapeutisch = preliminary diagnostic (test) / Vorwässerung = pre-hydration; often just "hydration" (e.g. before an angioplasty) / VOT = ventricular outflow tract (heart) / voûte palatine = hard palate / voxel = voxel (volume cell element) (CAT scanning) / VP = vena poplitea = popliteal vein / VPB = ventricular premature beat (classified by Lown; also called ventricular ectopic beat, premature ventricular contraction, ventricular premature complex; ventricular extrasystole (card.) / VPC see VPB / VPD = volume-pressure diagram (rmed.) / VPF = vena profunda femoris = deep femoral vein; profunda femoris / VPI = vaccin poliomyélitique inactivé see IPV / VPM = volume plaquettaire moyen see MPV / VPN = valeur prédictive négative see NPV / VPO = vaccin poliomyélitique oral see OPV / VR = volume résiduel see RV (rmed.) / vraatzucht = bulimia / VRC = 1. ventilatory response curve (rmed.); 2. volume respiratoire courant see volume courant / VRE = volume de réserve expiratoire see ERV / VRI = volume de réserve inspiratoire see IRV (rmed.) / VPP = valeur prédictive positive see PPV / vruchtafdrijving = (medical) abortion; termination (of pregnancy) / vruchtvlies = chorion / vruchtwaterpunctie = amniocentesis (gyn.) / vruchtzuiker = fructose / VS see VSG / VSD = 1. ventricular septum defect; 2. Vorhofseptumdefekt see ASD; 3. virtually safe dose (tox.) / elastische Vorspannung = elastic recoil (rmed.) / VS= verre standard = unit (of alcohol) / VSG = vitesse de sédimentation globulaire see ESR 2. / VSL = véhicule sanitaire léger = light ambulance / VSM = vena saphena magna = great saphenous vein / VSP = vena saphena parva = small saphenous vein / VS-PEP = ventilation spontanée avec pression expiratoire positive see CPAP / VSS = vital signs stable / V_T = tidal volume, see TV (rmed.) / VT = verocytotoxin / VTEC = verocytotoxin-producing E.coli (bacterium responsible for "hamburger disease") (other variants are: verotoxin-producing, verotoxigenic and verotoxinogenic E. coli) / VTR = valeur toxicologique de référence see TRV / V_T/T_I = mean inspiratory flow (rmed.) / VUI = variant under investigation (virology, Covid) / VUJ = vesico-ureteric junction / vulnéraire = healing / vulweefsel = filler tissue / VVI = type of pacemaker / VW = Verbandwechsel = change of dressing; dressing change / vWf = van Willebrand factor (blood protein) / VWF = vibration white finger (Raynaud's phenomenon) / VWS = Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (NL) = (minister e.g. for) Public Health, Welfare and Sports / VZS = vegetatieve zenuwstelsel see ANS / VZV = varicella zoster virus (chickenpox) /

"DocBag" graphic courtesy of IconBazaar