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RESERVE AIR

\ɹɪsˈɜːv ˈe͡ə], \ɹɪsˈɜːv ˈe‍ə], \ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɜː_v ˈeə]\

Definitions of RESERVE AIR

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A. which usually remains in the lungs after an ordinary expiration, but which can be expelled with effort.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Air left in the lungs at end of expiration that may be partly expelled by forced expiration.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: respiratory reserve. The volume of a. that may be voluntarily forced from the lungs after an ordinary respiration.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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