maximum breathing capacity

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• breathing capacity — The volume of air that enters the cylinder during each intake stroke. Volumetric efficiency is determined by comparing the actual volume of air with the maximum possible amount. Also called air capacity …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• maximal breathing capacity — maximum voluntary ventilation …   Medical dictionary

• capacity — [1] The ability to contain or hold something. [2] Maximum production attainable under normal conditions. With regard to normal conditions, the company s operating practices are to be followed with respect to the use of production facilities,… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• capacity — 1. The potential cubic contents of a cavity or receptacle. 2. Power to do. SEE ALSO: volume. [L. capax, able to contain; fr. capio, to take] buffer c. the amount of hydrogen ion (or hydroxyl ion) required to bring about a specific pH change in a… …   Medical dictionary

• vital capacity — n the breathing capacity of the lungs expressed as the number of cubic inches or cubic centimeters of air that can be forcibly exhaled after a full inspiration * * * the maximum volume of air that a person can exhale afer maximum inhalation. It… …   Medical dictionary

• Liquid breathing — Intervention MeSH D021061 Liquid breathing is a form of respiration in which a normally air breathing organism breathes an oxygen rich liquid (such as a perfluorocarb …   Wikipedia

• respiration, human — ▪ physiology Introduction       the process by which oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide discharged. The design of the respiratory system  The human gas exchanging organ, the lung, is located in the thorax, where its delicate tissues are… …   Universalium

• Spirometry — TLC Total lung capacity: the volume in the lungs at maximal inflation RV Residual volume: the volume of air remaining in the lungs …   Wikipedia

• Ventilation — The exchange of air between the lungs and the atmosphere so that oxygen can be exchanged for carbon dioxide in the alveoli (the tiny air sacs in the lungs). In pulmonary medicine, a distinction is made between pulmonary and alveolar ventilation.… …   Medical dictionary

• MBC — Abbreviation for maximum breathing capacity. * * * male breast cancer; maximal bladder capacity; maximal breathing capacity; memory B cell; metastatic breast cancer; methyl 1 (butylcarbamoyl) 2 benzimidazole carbamate; methylthymol blue complex;… …   Medical dictionary

• reserve — Something available but held back for later use, as strength or carbohydrates. [L. re servo, to keep back, r.] alkali r. the sum total of the basic ions (mainly bicarbonates) of the blood and other body fluids that, acting as buffers, maintain… …   Medical dictionary