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Descriptor English: Vital Capacity
Descriptor Spanish: Capacidad Vital
Descriptor capacidad vital
Entry term(s) capacidad vital forzada
Scope note: Volumen de aire exhalado en una espiración máxima tras una inspiración máxima.
Descriptor Portuguese: Capacidade Vital
Descriptor French: Capacité vitale
Entry term(s): Capacities, Forced Vital
Capacities, Vital
Capacity, Forced Vital
Capacity, Vital
Forced Vital Capacities
Forced Vital Capacity
Vital Capacities
Vital Capacities, Forced
Vital Capacity, Forced
Tree number(s): E01.370.386.700.485.750.900
G09.772.850.970
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014797
Scope note: The volume of air that is exhaled by a maximal expiration following a maximal inspiration.
Annotation: usually NIM; TIMED VITAL CAPACITY see FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Spirometry (1966-1968)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72(69)
Entry Version: VITAL CAPAC
DeCS ID: 27892
Unique ID: D014797
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Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/20
Vital Capacity - Preferred
Concept UI M0022782
Scope note The volume of air that is exhaled by a maximal expiration following a maximal inspiration.
Preferred term Vital Capacity
Entry term(s) Capacities, Vital
Capacity, Vital
Vital Capacities
Forced Vital Capacity - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000613567
Preferred term Forced Vital Capacity
Entry term(s) Capacities, Forced Vital
Capacity, Forced Vital
Forced Vital Capacities
Vital Capacities, Forced
Vital Capacity, Forced



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