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

maximal expiratory flow-volume curve (medicine) and oxalo- (iou)


maximal expiratory flow-volume curve (medicine)


maximal expiratory flow-volume curve
<chest medicine> Curves depicting maximal expiratory flow in liters/second at each point of lung inflation (expressed in liters or percentage of forced vital capacity) during a forced vital capacity determination. Common abbreviation is mefv.


oxalo- (iou)



oxalo- combining form of OXALIC: see -O-. Before a vowel also oxal-.
oxa'lacetate noun the anion, or an ester or salt, of oxalacetic acid L19.
oxala'cetic adjective:
oxalacetic acid, a dicarboxylic acid, HOOCC(OH) CHCOOH, important in metabolism, esp. as the starting-point of the Krebs cycle L19.
oxalo'acetate noun = oxalacetate M20.
oxaloa'cetic adjective = oxalacetic M20.
oxa'losis noun (Medicine) a rare metabolic disorder in which crystals of calcium oxalate are deposited in the kidneys and elsewhere, often causing death during childhood as a result of renal failure M20.
oxalo'succinate noun the anion, or an ester or salt, of oxalosuccinic acid E20.
oxalosuc'cinic adjective:
oxalosuccinic acid, a tricarboxylic acid, HOOCCOCH(COOH)CH2COOH, which is an intermediate in the Krebs cycle E20.
oxa'luria noun (Medicine) the presence of excessive calcium oxalate in the urine M19.
oxalyl noun the divalent radical (CO)2 of oxalic acid M19.