Residual air


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(Physiol.) that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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