EXPIRATORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does expiratory mean? 

• EXPIRATORY (adjective)
  The adjective EXPIRATORY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration

  Familiarity information: EXPIRATORY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPIRATORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

expiration (the act of expelling air from the lungs)

Derivation:

expire (expel air)

 Context examples 

Forced expiratory volume in six seconds as a proportion of the predicted normal value.

(Percent Predicted Forced Expiratory Volume in 6 Seconds, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Forced expiratory volume in one second as a proportion of the predicted normal value.

(Percent Predicted Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A test of lung function, the FEV6 is the volume exhaled during six seconds of a forced expiratory maneuver started from the level of total lung capacity.

(Forced Expiratory Volume in 6 Seconds, NCI Thesaurus)

A test of lung function, the FEV1 is the volume exhaled during the first second of a forced expiratory maneuver started from the level of total lung capacity.

(Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second, NCI Thesaurus)

Decreased expiratory peak flow measurement achieved during forced expiration that primarily reflects changes in upper airway conductance and may be of limited use in evaluation of changes in peripheral airway conductance.

(Decreased Peak Expiratory Flowrate, NCI Thesaurus)

A condition of the newborn marked by dyspnea with cyanosis, heralded by such prodromal signs as dilatation of the alae nasi, expiratory grunt, and retraction of the suprasternal notch or costal margins, mostly frequently occurring in premature infants, children of diabetic mothers, and infants delivered by cesarean section, and sometimes with no apparent predisposing cause.

(Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)