NIV

See also: niv

English

Proper noun

NIV

1. (biblical) Initialism of New International Version.

Noun

NIV (plural NIVs)

1. (uncountable, medicine) Initialism of non-invasive ventilation.
2. (countable, medicine) A non-invasive ventilation machine, a NIV device. Abbreviation of non-invasive ventilator.

Hyponyms

(non-invasive ventilation):

• NPV (“negative pressure ventilation”)
• NPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)
• NiPPV / NIPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)
• PAP (“continuous positive airway pressure”)
• CPAP (“continuous positive airway pressure”)
• BiPAP (“bilevel positive airway pressure”)

Derived terms

(non-invasive ventilation):

• NPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)
• NIPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)

Related terms

(non-invasive ventilation):

• NPV (“negative pressure ventilation”)
• PPV (“positive pressure ventilation”)

Anagrams

• Inv., NVI, VIN, Vin, inv, vin-