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RESIDUAL AIR

\ɹɪsˈɪd͡ʒuːə͡l ˈe͡ə], \ɹɪsˈɪd‍ʒuːə‍l ˈe‍ə], \ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɪ_dʒ_uː_əl ˈeə]\

Definitions of RESIDUAL AIR

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

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air that stays in the lungs after the strongest possible expiration.
air that cannot be expelled from the lungs by forced respiration.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: respiratory residue. The volume of a. that remains in the lungs after the most forcible respiration.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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