ecv

/EH1 K V/
noun
  1. 1

    (physiology) Initialism of effective circulating volume, the volume of arterial blood effectively perfusing tissue.

  2. 2

    (biology) Initialism of extracellular volume, the volume of fluid, etc., in an organism that is outside the organism's cells.

  3. 3

    (medicine) Initialism of external cephalic version, a method of manually repositioning a foetus to avoid a breech birth.