halitus

exhalation

 [eks″hah-la´shun]

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; called also expiration and halitus.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

hal·i·tus

(hal'i-tŭs),

Any exhalation, as of a breath or vapor.

[L., fr. halo, to breathe]

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hal·i·tus

(hal'i-tŭs)

Any exhalation, as of a breath or vapor.

[L., fr. halo, to breathe]

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hal·i·tus

(hal'i-tŭs)

Any exhalation, as of a breath or vapor.

[L., fr. halo, to breathe]

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