lung capacity

collocation in English

meaningsoflungandcapacity

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lung
noun[C]
uk
/lʌŋ/us
/lʌŋ/
either of the two organs in the chest with which people and some ...
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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition oflungandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The smaller animals with smallerlungcapacitywere the first to die, and the larger animals were the last.
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The pearl divers enter the water with their collection barrels, hyperventilate to improve theirlungcapacityand make the first dive.
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Muscles involved in respiration develop as the skeleton structure enlarges and the muscles grow to accommodate extralungcapacity.
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Static lung recoil pressure at 100, 90 and 60% of totallungcapacitywas increased (p<0.001) and reached 116 to 127% of reference value.
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If hislungcapacityis reduced by 0.98, he is ruled out because the criteria are absolute.
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The deterioration inlungcapacityshould not be decided by how big people are, so we said that that should be altered.
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I have seen cases in which a man has had a 0.98 reduction in hislungcapacity, yet the examining authorities have not been able to make him an award.
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Hislungcapacitywas measured at 10.5 litres.
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Each exercise is designed with a different goal in mind, for example calmative effects or expandedlungcapacity.
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Lung sounds are usually clear yet diminished due to decreased baselungcapacity.
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The upper levels of the redoubt are at so high an altitude that they must be pressurised, and the residents have developed enlargedlungcapacity.
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Exposed infants have reducedlungcapacity, asthma, and detrimental lower respiratory tract infections.
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The dachshund has a deep chest that provides increasedlungcapacityfor stamina when hunting prey underground.
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Alungcapacityconsists of two or more lung volumes.
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It was the highestlungcapacityof anyone they had rated at that time - only 16 years of age.
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The person then inhales a test gas mixture rapidly and completely, reaching the totallungcapacityas nearly as possible.
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However, pulmonary hypoplasia increases the risks associated with preterm birth, because once delivered the baby requires adequatelungcapacityto sustain life.
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The scar tissue causes the alveolar walls to thicken, reducing thelungcapacitywhich leads to the patient experiencing shortness of breath (dyspnea).
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Such patients will have reducedlungcapacitywhich tends to limit their range of activities through life.
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Needless to say, simple breath-holding is highly effective for increasinglungcapacity.
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The doctors offered a bleak prognosis, suggesting he was unlikely to survive long because he just didn't have enoughlungcapacity.
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Hermaszewski participated in medical experiments which measuredlungcapacityand the heart during exercise and in a pressure suit.
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