vital capacity

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   the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue

   Broadercapacitydiagnostic test

Questions about vital capacity

What does vital capacity mean?

vital capacity means "the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue".

Is vital capacity a common word?

vital capacity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.