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INSPIRATORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inspiratory mean?
• INSPIRATORY (adjective)
The adjective INSPIRATORY has 1 sense:
1. pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration
Familiarity information: INSPIRATORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
inhalation (the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing)
Derivation:
inspire (draw in (air))
Context examples
Forced inspiratory flow for a portion of the FVC curve at the point where the maximum portion of FVC is already inhaled as a proportion of the predicted normal value.
(Percent Predicted Forced Inspiratory Flow Maximum, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Also called maximum inspiratory pressure test.
(MIP test, NCI Dictionary)
Forced inspiratory flow for a portion of the FVC curve at the point where the maximum portion of FVC is already inhaled.
(Maximum Forced Inspiratory Flow, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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