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BREATHING CAPACITY

\bɹˈiːðɪŋ kəpˈasɪti], \bɹˈiːðɪŋ kəpˈasɪti], \b_ɹ_ˈiː_ð_ɪ_ŋ k_ə_p_ˈa_s_ɪ_t_i]\

Definitions of BREATHING CAPACITY

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The air that can be expelled from the lungs after a full inspiration.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: vital, or extreme breathing capacity. The amount of air that can be forced from the lungs voluntarily, after the fullest possible inspiration, representing the sum of the tidal, complemental, and supplemental air.
See under breathing.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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