| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,759,988,463 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
panting |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
panting Etymology: Fr, panteler, to gasp a ventilatory pattern characterized by rapid, shallow breathing. Panting usually moves gas back and forth in the anatomic dead space at a high flow rate, which evaporates water and removes heat but produces little or no alveolar ventilation and does not cause hypocapnia. panting rapid, shallow breathing, a characteristic heat-losing reaction in dogs; represents an increase in dead-space ventilation resulting in heat loss without necessarily increasing oxygen uptake or carbon dioxide loss. panting disease see atypical interstitial pneumonia, zieriaarborescens. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Medical browser | ? | ? Full browser | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pantalgia pantanencephaly panters pantetheine pantethine panthenol Panthera panting panto- pantocaine pantograph pantomogram pantomograph pantomography Panton-Valentine leukocidin |
| ||||
| Medical Dictionary |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|