Index of Expandability

**Semantic type:** Laboratory or Test Result

**Definition:** An index reflecting distensibility of elastic organ(s) defined as the change in volume per unit change in pressure (dV/dP).

**Synonyms:** - Change in Volume with Change in Pressure - Compliance - Index of Distensibility - Index of Distensibility of Elastic Organ - Index of Expandability of Elastic Organ - PHCMPLNC - Physiological Compliance - Physiological Compliance - Physiological Compliance - Volume Change to Pressure Change Ratio - dV/dP - {dV/dP} - {dV/dP}