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Inspiratory

adjective
1.
Pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration.





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... the abdominal cavity on the pelvic roof, D, to which the uterus is attached, and raises it from D to C. When the diaphragm contracts, it descends from A to B, increases the size of the thoracic cavity, inflates the lungs, promotes the inspiratory part of breathing, pushes the walls of the chest and abdomen outward from F to E, and lowers the pelvic roof at the same time the uterus sinks from C to D. When the effect of these respiratory motions is not diminished by muscular debility, rigidity of the thoracic ...
— Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XV., No. 388, June 9, 1883 • Various
... dilated. In two minutes the breathing was slow and feeble, with puffing of the cheeks. In three minutes the pupils were smaller but continually varying. The left fore leg and the right hind leg were affected with a simultaneous convulsion or jerk, corresponding with the inspiratory motions of the chest. ...
— An Essay on the Influence of Tobacco upon Life and Health • R. D. Mussey


Words linked to "Inspiratory" :   inhalation, inspire


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