second gas effects
second gas effects is the plural of second gas effect.
Meaning of second gas effect
Noun
second gas effect (plural second gas effects)
- A phenomenon in which a rapid uptake of a large volume of a gas (e.g. nitrous oxide) taken up from alveoli into pulmonary capillary blood leads to an increase in the concentration of gases remaining in the alveoli.
- Coordinate term: concentration effect
Questions about second gas effects
- What is second gas effects the plural of?
- Second gas effects is the plural of second gas effect.
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