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Definition: Vital Capacity |
Vital CapacityNoun1. The maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | The volume of air that is exhaled by a maximal expiration following a maximal inspiration. (references) |
Medicine | The maximal amount of gas that can be expelled from the lung by forceful effort after a maximal inspiration. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The largest volume measured on complete expiration after the deepest inspiration without forced or rapid effort. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Vital Capacity |
| English words defined with "vital capacity": reserve ♦ spirometer, spirometery. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "vital capacity": FEF, forced expiratory flow, forced expiratory flow between 200 and 1200 ml of the forced vital capacity,forced expiratory flow 200-1200,FEF200-1200,maximal expiratory flow rate 200-1200,MEFR200-1200, Forced Expiratory Flow Rates, Forced Expiratory Volume ♦ Maximal Expiratory Flow Rate, Maximal Expiratory Flow-Volume Curves, Maximal Midexpiratory Flow Rate, maximum expiratory flow,MEF ♦ Peak Expiratory Flow Rate, PULMONARY-FUNCTION TECHNICIAN, pulmonary-function technologis. (references) |
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 | Line of poeple waiting to take vitalor test (vital capacity measurement).Credit: CDC. |  | Middlesex Hospital, London, England. : Nurse testing a child's vital capacity.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | Not all of the air in the lungs is removed when measuring the vital capacity. (references) | |
The total lung capacity is the combination of the forced vital capacity and residual volume. (references) | ||
In this test, the forced vital capacity maneuver, the patient is asked to inhale as deeply as possible, and on signal, exhale as completely and as rapidly as possible. (references) | ||
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vital capacity | 12 |
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| Language | Translations for "vital capacity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | капацитет на белите дробове. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | vitalkapacitet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vitale capaciteit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vitaalikapasiteetti, ekspiratorinen vitaalikapasiteetti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | vitale (capacité-), CV (vinyl chloride), capacite vitale, capacité vitale expiratoire, capacité vitale, capacité pulmonaire vitale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | VK (U.K., United Kingdom), Vitalkapazität, Vitalkapazität, exspiratorische Vitalkapazität. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | μέγιστη ζωτική χωρητικότης του πνεύμονος (timed vital capacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | CV lenta, capacit vitale lenta, capacit vitale espiratoria, capacit vitale, capacità vitale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | italvay apacitycay capacidade vital. (various references) ventilación total (timed vital capacity), ventilación por minuto (timed vital capacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-i-i-l-p-t-t-v-y" | |
-4 letters: acclivity, captivity, catalatic, catalytic. | |
-5 letters: activity, atypical, capacity, tactical, viatical, vitality. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 69 74 61 6C 43 61 70 61 63 69 74 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01101001 01110100 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000011 01100001 01110000 01100001 01100011 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V i t a l   C a p a c i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0069 0074 0061 006C 0043 0061 0070 0061 0063 0069 0074 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)567586677823767826769758691 |
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