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alveolar dead spaces

alveolar dead spaces is the plural of alveolar dead space.

Meaning of alveolar dead space

Noun

alveolar dead space (countable and uncountable, plural alveolar dead spaces)

  1. The volume of air in the alveoli of the lung which does not partake in the exchange of gas.
    • Alveolar dead space is herein defined as the difference between the physiologic and anatomic dead spaces.1957, J. W. Severinghaus, M. Stupfel, Alveolar dead space as an index of distribution of blood flaw in pulmonary capillaries. J. Appl. Physiol. 10: 335-348

Questions about alveolar dead spaces

What is alveolar dead spaces the plural of?
Alveolar dead spaces is the plural of alveolar dead space.

Words near alveolar dead spaces in the dictionary

  1. alveolar bed
  2. alveolar beds
  3. alveolar bone
  4. alveolar bones
  5. alveolar dead space
  6. alveolar dead spaces
  7. alveolar nerve
  8. alveolar nerves
  9. alveolar process
  10. alveolar processes
  11. alveolar ridge

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