English Explanatory Dictionary

second gas effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenomenon in which a rapid uptake of a large volume of a gas (e.g. nitrous oxide) taken up from alveoli into pulmonary capillary blood leads to an increase in the concentration of gases remaining in the alveoli.

Word forms

second gas effect second gas effects
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