second gas effects

A form of second gas effect — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of second gas effect
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