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单词 pulmonary surfactant
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pulmonary surfactant
2. Physiology. More fully pulmonary surfactant. A mixture of surface-active agents (mainly lipoproteins) coating the alveoli of the lungs, which reduce alveolar surface tension and contribute to the elasticity of the lungs.Reduced or absent pulmonary surfactant is a cause of respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn (hyaline membrane disease).
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1964 Jrnl. Pediatrics 65 119/1 With increasing use of 100 per cent oxygen therapy..the role of pulmonary surfactant in the pathogenesis of oxygen intoxication..requires clarification.
1987 Nursing Jan. 480/1 Without surfactant, the alveoli collapse at the end of expiration, leading to impaired exchange of gases.
1992 C. A. Smith & E. J. Wood Biosynthesis viii. 172 Respiratory distress syndrome is a developmental disorder when the lungs do not produce sufficient pulmonary surfactant to allow normal respiration following birth.
2006 U.S. News & World Rep. 2 Oct. 76/2 He was unable to breathe because his immature lungs could not yet produce the substance surfactant, which keeps the lung's air sacs open.
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