VITAL CAPACITY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("vital capacity" is a kind of...):

diagnostic assay; diagnostic test (an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes)

capacity; content (the amount that can be contained)

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