# VAD

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**VAD** may refer to:

## Physiology, medicine etc.

- [Vascular dementia](/source/Vascular_dementia) (VaD), dementia caused by problems in the supply of blood to the brain
- [Vertebral artery dissection](/source/Vertebral_artery_dissection), the development of a flap-like tear in the vertebral artery
- [Ventricular assist device](/source/Ventricular_assist_device), a mechanical circulatory device used to replace the function of a failing heart
- [Vitamin A deficiency](/source/Vitamin_A_deficiency), a lack of vitamin A in humans
- Vincristine, Adriamycin (doxorubicin), Dexamethasone; a [chemotherapy regimen](/source/Chemotherapy_regimen) used for multiple myeloma
- [Voluntary assisted dying](/source/Voluntary_assisted_dying)

## Other

- [Voluntary Aid Detachment](/source/Voluntary_Aid_Detachment), a voluntary organisation providing field nursing services in the British Empire
- [VÄD (vodka)](/source/V%C3%84D_(vodka)), an American vodka
- [Voice activity detection](/source/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](/source/Interactive_voice_response#Voice-Activated_Dialling)
- Velocity-Azimuth Display, a technique used to estimate vertical and horizontal components of atmospheric wind vectors from a [radar](/source/Radar)

## See also

- [Vad (disambiguation)](/source/Vad_(disambiguation))

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