Blood Volume

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
BV
Pronunciation
/bləd ˈvɑljum/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. The former is concerned with the liver's capability in storing blood and regulating the blood volume.
  2. Our assumption is that these men have more blood volume, so PSA gets diluted, he said.
  3. Deficiency of circulating blood volume, both cellular elements and fluid, is called oligemia.
  4. Some evidence-based blood conservation techniques include drugs that increase preoperative blood volume or decrease postoperative bleeding;
  5. Excessive diuresis may result in dehydration and reduction in blood volume, with circulatory collapse and with the possibility of vascular thrombosis and embolism, particularly in elderly patients.

Other meanings of BV