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... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System > Respiratory Function Tests > Pulmonary Gas Exchange > Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity
Metabolism > Biological Transport > Respiratory Transport > Pulmonary Gas Exchange > Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity
... > Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Respiration > Respiratory Transport > Pulmonary Gas Exchange > Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity

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Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The amount of a gas taken up, by the pulmonary capillary blood from the alveolar gas, per minute per unit of average pressure of the gradient of the gas across the BLOOD-AIR BARRIER.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Capacity, Pulmonary Diffusing
  • Diffusing Capacity, Pulmonary

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