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FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME

Specialty Definition: FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME

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Health

Measure of the maximum amount of air during a forced vital capacity determination that can be expelled in a given number of seconds. It is usually given as FEV followed by a subscript indicating the number of seconds over which the measurement is made, although it is sometimes given as a percentage of forced vital capacity. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME

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Health

This value is referred to as the forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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forced expiratory volume

2
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Modern Translation: FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME

Language Translations for "FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

volume expiratoire maximum/seconde (Forced expiratory volume in the first second, forced expired volume in one second), VEMS (Forced expiratory volume in the first second, forced expired volume in one second), VEM (Forced expiratory volume in the first second, forced expired volume in one second). (various references)

   

German

  

expiratorische Sekundenkapazität (FEV1, Forced expiratory volume in the first second, forced expired volume in one second), ESK (FEV1, Forced expiratory volume in the first second, forced expired volume in one second), ES (her, id, it, so), Einsekundenkapazität (FEV1, Forced expiratory volume in the first second, forced expired volume in one second), Atemstosstest pro Sekunde (FEV1, Forced expiratory volume in the first second, forced expired volume in one second), AST/sec (FEV1, Forced expiratory volume in the first second, forced expired volume in one second). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orcedfay expiratoryay olumevay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Bibliography


  

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