PPV

English

Noun

PPV (countable and uncountable, plural PPVs)

  1. (television) Initialism of pay-per-view.
  2. Initialism of purchase price variance.
  3. (biology) Porcine parvovirus, a virus causing reproductive failure of swine.
  4. (polymers) Initialism of polyphenylene vinylene.
  5. (medicine) Abbreviation of positive pressure ventilation.
    1. (countable, by extension) A positive pressure ventilation machine, a PPV device
  6. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of police pursuit vehicle.

Hyponyms

(positive pressure ventilation):

  • ventilator
  • HFPPV (“high frequency positive pressure ventilation”)
  • IPPV (“intermittent positive pressure ventilation”)
  • NPPV (“noninvasive positive pressure ventilation”)
  • NiPPV / NIPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)

Derived terms

(positive pressure ventilation):

  • HFPPV (“high frequency positive pressure ventilation”)
  • IPPV (“intermittent positive pressure ventilation”)
  • NPPV (“noninvasive positive pressure ventilation”)
  • NiPPV / NIPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)

(positive pressure ventilation):

  • NPV (“negative pressure ventilation”)
  • NIV (“non-invasive ventilation”)

Anagrams

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