VAD may refer to:
Physiology, medicine etc.
- Vascular dementia (VaD), dementia caused by problems in the supply of blood to the brain
- Vertebral artery dissection, the development of a flap-like tear in the vertebral artery
- Ventricular assist device, a mechanical circulatory device used to replace the function of a failing heart
- Vitamin A deficiency, a lack of vitamin A in humans
- Vincristine, Adriamycin (doxorubicin), Dexamethasone; a chemotherapy regimen used for multiple myeloma
- Voluntary assisted dying
Other
- Voluntary Aid Detachment, a voluntary organisation providing field nursing services in the British Empire
- VÄD (vodka), an American vodka
- Voice activity detection, a technique in which the presence or absence of human speech is detected
- Voice-Activated Dialling, speech recognition to identify the destination for a telephone call in interactive voice response
- Velocity-Azimuth Display, a technique used to estimate vertical and horizontal components of atmospheric wind vectors from a radar
See also
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title VAD.
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VAD may refer to:
Physiology, medicine etc.
- Vascular dementia (VaD), dementia caused by problems in the supply of blood to the brain
- Vertebral artery dissection, the development of a flap-like tear in the vertebral artery
- Ventricular assist device, a mechanical circulatory device used to replace the function of a failing heart
- Vitamin A deficiency, a lack of vitamin A in humans
- Vincristine, Adriamycin (doxorubicin), Dexamethasone; a chemotherapy regimen used for multiple myeloma
- Voluntary assisted dying
Other
- Voluntary Aid Detachment, a voluntary organisation providing field nursing services in the British Empire
- VÄD (vodka), an American vodka
- Voice activity detection, a technique in which the presence or absence of human speech is detected
- Voice-Activated Dialling, speech recognition to identify the destination for a telephone call in interactive voice response
- Velocity-Azimuth Display, a technique used to estimate vertical and horizontal components of atmospheric wind vectors from a radar
See also
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title VAD.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.