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. (polymer) Initialism of polyphenylene vinylene.
5. (medicine, firefighting) 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”)

Related terms

(positive pressure ventilation):

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

Anagrams

• PVP