transpulmonaryadj.
Acting or operated through the lungs: said of the respiration in birds, in which the lungs are connected with large air-sacs, into and out of which the air passes through the lungs. transpulmonary pressure, the difference between the pressure in the lungs and that in the intrapleural cavity.
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tracheobronchial1896
transpulmonary1902
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transpulmonary pressure1957
1902 G. B. Howes in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 624 The respiratory process in the bird may be defined as transpulmonary.
1957 Jrnl. Appl. Physiol. 10 191/1 Measurements of the mechanical properties of the lungs depend on the separation of transpulmonary pressure into separate elastic and flow-resistive components.
1977 Lancet 3 Sept. 510/1 When airway collapse does occur, transpulmonary pressure rapidly increases with only a small resultant increase in inspiratory gasflow.
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