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English
Noun
PPV (countable and uncountable, plural PPVs)
- (television) Initialism of pay-per-view.
- Initialism of purchase price variance.
- (biology) Porcine parvovirus, a virus causing reproductive failure of swine.
- (polymer) Initialism of polyphenylene vinylene.
- (medicine, firefighting) Abbreviation of positive pressure ventilation.
- (countable, by extension) A positive pressure ventilation machine, a PPV device
- (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”)
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