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expulsive

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ex·pul·sive (k-splsv)
adj.
Tending to expel.

expulsive
driving or forcing out; tending to expel.


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Each of the proteins has different substrate specificity, and it has been emphasized that a small structural difference of the compound can result in a different expulsive capacity of the cell (41).
Two techniques are commonly used[37]: (1) a maximum expulsive maneuver with the abdominal muscles while the glottis is held open and lung volume is maintained at FRC and (2) a combination of a maximum or near-maximum expulsive maneuver and a simultaneous maximum inspiratory effort against an occluded airway (ie, "two-step maneuver").
They emphasize the need to trust in the natural expulsive process, and they offer childbearing women a number of alternatives to the well intentioned but misguided recipes for breathing and pushing.
 
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