Respiration - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: respirationBreath
The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration air which in the process of respiration has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid aqueous vapor warmth etc...
Respiratory
Of or pertaining to respiration serving for respiration as the respiratory organs respiratory nerves the respiratory function respiratory changes...
Pulmotor
An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen or air or a mixture of the two into and out of the lungs as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning breathing poisonous gases or the like or of one who has been stunned by an electrical shock...
Phyllocladium
A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a leaf and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration and assimilation...
Pleurisy
An inflammation of the pleura usually accompanied with fever pain difficult respiration and cough and with exudation into the pleural cavity...
Pneumato
A combining form from Gr pneyma pneymatos wind air breath respiration as pneumatograph pneumatology...
Pneumatograph
An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration also called stethograph...
Pneumatometer
An instrument for measuring the amount of force exerted by the lungs in respiration...
Respirable
Suitable for being breathed adapted for respiration...
VerbarOrthopnoeliga
Specifically a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture by extension any difficulty of breathing...
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