NIV

See also: niv

English

Proper noun

NIV

  1. (biblical) Initialism of New International Version.

Noun

NIV (plural NIVs)

  1. (uncountable, medicine) Initialism of non-invasive ventilation.
  2. (countable, medicine) A non-invasive ventilation machine, a NIV device. Abbreviation of non-invasive ventilator.

Hyponyms

(non-invasive ventilation):

  • NPV (“negative pressure ventilation”)
  • NPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)
  • NiPPV / NIPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)
  • PAP (“continuous positive airway pressure”)
  • CPAP (“continuous positive airway pressure”)
  • BiPAP (“bilevel positive airway pressure”)

Derived terms

(non-invasive ventilation):

  • NPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)
  • NIPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)

(non-invasive ventilation):

  • NPV (“negative pressure ventilation”)
  • PPV (“positive pressure ventilation”)

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