VITAL CAPACITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vital capacity mean? 

• VITAL CAPACITY (noun)
  The noun VITAL CAPACITY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: VITAL CAPACITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VITAL CAPACITY (noun)

Sense 1

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)

 Context examples 

Forced vital capacity as a proportion of the predicted normal value.

(Percent Predicted Forced Vital Capacity, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A decrease in the fraction of the forced vital capacity that is exhaled in a specific number of seconds.

(Decreased Forced Expiratory Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding based on test results that indicate a relative decrease in the fraction of the forced vital capacity that is exhaled in a specific number of seconds.

(Decreased Forced Expiratory Volume, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A finding based on pulmonary function test results that indicate an abnormal vital capacity (amount of exhaled after a maximum inhalation) when compared to the predicted value.

(Abnormal Vital Capacity, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

The proportion of total forced vital capacity that is expelled during the first second of a forced exhalation as a proportion of the predicted normal value.

(Percent Predicted Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second Divided by Forced Vital Capacity, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An increase in the fraction of the forced vital capacity that is exhaled in a specific number of seconds.

(Increased Forced Expiratory Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

The proportion of total forced vital capacity that is expelled during the first second of a forced exhalation.

(Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second to Forced Vital Capacity Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A pulmonary function test result indicating an abnormal vital capacity as compared to the predicted value.

(Abnormal Vital Capacity, NCI Thesaurus)