Initialism of very important person. / (biochemistry) Initialism of vasoactive intestinal peptide. / (medicine, pathology) Abbreviation of ventilator-induced pneumonia.

plural of VIP

An airport lounge. / (Australia) An area in a public hotel set aside for patrons who wish to play on gaming machines.

plural of VIP lounge

A venomous snake in the family Viperidae. / (informal) Any venomous snake. / (figuratively) A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person. / (slang) A person who smokes marijuana.

(idiomatic) to do acts of kindness that will be met with ingratitude and will cause one harm in the end

Cerastes spp., North African desert vipers. / Bitis caudalis, the horned puff adder or horned adder, of south-west Africa. / Vipera ammodytes, the sand viper.

(Buddhism) Insight into the true nature of reality, namely as the three marks of existence: impermanence, suffering or unsatisfactoriness, and the realisation of nonself.

The time measurement resulting from an in vitro diagnostic test based on the ability of the venom of the Russell's viper to induce thrombosis.

A large venomous viper, Bitis gabonica, found in African rainforests.