Vagueness
* is essentially a procedural due process concept which is driven by notions of fair play
  - quality
* serious impediment to prosperity.
* usually discourages people from bothering with trying to help.

Vestibular neurectomy
* eliminates attacks of vertigo in many patients.
* relieves the vertigo and usually preserves the hearing.

Viral myocarditis
* can lead to dilated cardiomyopathy, which can result in a failing heart.
* infection of the heart that leads to heart failure.
* is an infectious disease and is due to a chance infection with a virus
  - preceded many times by a flu-like illness or gastroenteritis

Vertebrae
* Most vertebrae have delicate membranes
  - spines
* Most vertebrae make up backbones

Vegetative propagation
* allows multiplying cultivars that produce no viable seeds.
* can be by cuttings, budding or marcotting
  - occur naturally or artificially
* form of asexual plant reproduction.
* helps to alter the size of the plant.
* is common in plants like orchids, ornamental plants and grasses
  - especially beneficial to the agriculturists and horticulturists
  - preferred for ensuring a rapid harvest and specific plant clones
  - simply the transplanting of large or small pieces of the turfgrass
  - the only method of retaining the cultivar form
  - through rhizomes
* produces new plants without forming flowers and seeds.

Vibrotactile adaptation
* enhances frequency discrimination
  - frequencydiscrimination
* shows different characteristics on the hand and the face.

Vibrational spectroscopy
* is very sensitive to bond orders and bond lengths between bonded atoms.
* measures characteristic vibrations between atoms within a molecule.

Visual acuity
* decreases with age.
* diminishes with age.
* increases until the aperture gets so small that it begins to shut out too much light
  - with increased luminance
* indicates how well a person can see at various distances.
* is affected by many factors
  - at a maximum only in a small portion of the visual field
  - expressed as a fraction of normal vision
  - normal unless the foreign body is large and occupies the visual axis
  - one of the most common ophthalmological examinations
* is only one measure of good vision
  - visual function
  - preserved except in very advanced disease
* is the degree to which the details and contours of objects are perceived
  - term given to the capacity to discern detail
* ranges from normal to severely impaired.
* refers to the clarity of vision at different distances
  - sharpness of the image
  - spatial detail that can be resolved by the eye
* varies with the degree of hemorrhage
  - malpositioning of the lens

Vitality
* begins internally.
* combination of good health and great community.
* glowing complexion and sparkling eyes.
* is energy
  - life itself
  - lower both physically and psychologically
  - that quality of a thing that makes it alive, a living being
* is the name of the game for seniors
  - vigorous active principle upon which individual life depends
* persistent energy.
* refers to the faculty member's ability and interest in continuing to grow
  - force which binds together the other six states of consciousness
* summation of good nutrition, enough rest and exercise.

Visitation
* can influence plant growth.
* form of custody.
* is artwork
  - calamities
  - deemed the right of a parent, as well as the right of a child, and is imposed by law
  - meant to be a time for the parent and children to be together and enjoy each other
  - visits
* means the father's right to spend time with the child.
* right of the child as well as the non-custodial parent.