Synonym for forced vital capacity ... Vital capacity measured with the subject exhaling as rapidly as possible; data relating volume, expiratory flow, and time form the basis for other pulmonary function tests, e.g., flow-volume curve, forced expiratory volume, forced expiratory time, forced expiratory flow. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
forced vital capacity.
Type: Abbreviation Definitions: 1. Abbreviation for forced vital capacity.
forced vital capacity (spirometry test value used in assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
forced vital capacity. Cf. vital capacity.