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underventilated — adj. * * * … Universalium
underventilated — adj … Useful english dictionary
respiration, human — ▪ physiology Introduction the process by which oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide discharged. The design of the respiratory system The human gas exchanging organ, the lung, is located in the thorax, where its delicate tissues are… … Universalium
underventilate — v.t., underventilated, underventilating. * * * … Universalium
Ventilation — The exchange of air between the lungs and the atmosphere so that oxygen can be exchanged for carbon dioxide in the alveoli (the tiny air sacs in the lungs). In pulmonary medicine, a distinction is made between pulmonary and alveolar ventilation.… … Medical dictionary
manganese — A metallic element resembling and often associated, particularly in ores, with iron; atomic no. 25, atomic wt. 54.94; manganous salts are sometimes used in medicine. SYN: manganum. [Mod. L. manganesium, manganum, an altered form of magnesium] * * … Medical dictionary
manganese — n. a greyish metallic element, the oxide of which, when inhaled by miners in underventilated mines, causes brain damage and symptoms very similar to those of parkinsonism. Minute quantities of the element are required by the body (see trace… … The new mediacal dictionary
ventilation — n. 1) the passage of air into and out of the respiratory tract. The air that reaches only as far as the conducting airways cannot take part in gas exchange and is known as dead space ventilation – this may be reduced by performing a tracheostomy … The new mediacal dictionary
underventilate — v.t., underventilated, underventilating … Useful english dictionary
