PPV

PPV (countable and uncountable, plural PPVs)

2. (television) Initialism of pay-per-view.

   Hyponym: iPPV

3. (statistics) Initialism of positive predictive value.

   Coordinate term: NPV

5. Initialism of purchase price variance.

   Hypernyms: variance, difference

7. (biology) Porcine parvovirus, a virus causing reproductive failure of swine.

   Hypernyms: virus < pathogen

9. (polymer) Initialism of polyphenylene vinylene.

   Hypernyms: polymer < compound, substance, material

11. (medicine, firefighting) Initialism of positive-pressure ventilation.

    Hypernyms: MV, ventilation

    Hyponyms: HFPPV, IPPV, NPPV, NiPPV, NIPPV

    Coordinate terms: NPV, NIV

13. (countable, by extension) A positive-pressure ventilation machine: a PPV device.

    Hypernyms: ventilator < device

15. (law enforcement) Initialism of police pursuit vehicle.

    Hypernyms: police car < car < motor vehicle < vehicle

17. (surgery) Initialism of peritoneal pull-through vaginoplasty.

    Synonym: PPT

    Hypernyms: operation, surgery (procedure sense) < procedure

18. (botany, virology) Initialism of plum pox virus.

(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”)

(pay-per-view):

• iPPV

• PVP