expiratory reserve volume

expiratory reserve volume
expiratory reserve volume n the additional amount of air that can be expired from the lungs by determined effort after normal expiration compare INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME

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(ERV) the maximal amount of gas that can be exhaled from the resting end-expiratory level. See illustration at capacity.

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