Spirometric lungfunction investigations. I. A rapid constant-volume method for the determination of the functional residual air.
1952
G VAN VEEN, and
N G M ORIE, and
J J HIRDES
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D012119
Respiration
The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration (
Breathing
D013147
Spirometry
Measurement of volume of air inhaled or exhaled by the lung.
Spirometries
D019069
Cell Respiration
The metabolic process of all living cells (animal and plant) in which oxygen is used to provide a source of energy for the cell.