second gas effect

noun

A phenomenon in which a rapid uptake of a large volume of a gas (e.g. nitrous oxide) taken up from alveoli into pulmonary capillary blood leads to an increase in the concentration of gases remaining in the alveoli.

“Coordinate term: concentration effect”

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Meanings

nounsecond gas effect (plural second gas effects)

plural second gas effects

  1. medicineA phenomenon in which a rapid uptake of a large volume of a gas (e.g. nitrous oxide) taken up from alveoli into pulmonary capillary blood leads to an increase in the concentration of gases remaining in the alveoli.

    Coordinate term: concentration effect

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