exhalation (redirected from Passive expiration)

exhalation /ex·ha·la·tion/ (eks?hah-la´shun)

1. the giving off of watery or other vapor.

2. a vapor or other substance exhaled or given off.

3. the act of breathing out.

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ex·ha·la·tion (ksh-lshn, ks-)

n.

1. The act or an instance of breathing out. Also called expiration.

2. The giving forth of gas or vapor.

3. Something, such as air or vapor, that is exhaled.

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exhalation (ekshlā´shn),

n giving off or sending forth in the form of vapor; expiration.

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exhalation

1. the giving off of watery or other vapor, or of an effluvium.

2. a vapor or other substance exhaled or given off.

3. the act of breathing out.