Medical Definition of Vp shunt

1. A surgical procedure to insert a communicating catheter to relieve intracranial pressure caused by hydrocephalus. In this procedure the cerebrospinal fluid is shunted from the ventricles of the brain into the peritoneal cavity via a surgically implanted tube. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vp Shunt

voyeurisms
voyeurist
voyeuristic
voyeuristical
voyeuristically
voyeurists
voyeurs
voyol
voyols
vozhd
vozhds
vozhminite
vp-16
vp shunt (current term)
vpon
vq scan
vq scanning
vraic
vraicker
vraickers
vraics
vrbaite
vrddhi
vrddhied
vriddhi
vril
vrils
vroom

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