See Also: forced expiratory flow(medicine)
forced expiratory flow rates(medicine)
Forced expiratory volume(health)
forced expiratory volume(medicine)
forced expiratory time(medicine)
Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF)(health)
peak expiratory flow(medicine)
maximal expiratory flow rate(medicine)
peak expiratory flow rate(medicine)
maximal expiratory flow-volume curve(medicine)

longicorn (medicine) and forced expiratory flow (medicine)


longicorn (medicine)


longicorn
<zoology> Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia.

One of the Longicornia.

Origin: L. Longus long + cornu horn: cf. F. Longicorne.

Source: Websters Dictionary


forced expiratory flow (medicine)


forced expiratory flow
Expiratory flow during measurement of forced vital capacity; subscripts specify the exact parameter measured, e.g., peak instantaneous flow, the instantaneous flow at some specified point on the curve of volume expired versus time, or on the flow-volume curve, the mean flow between two expired volumes.