Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second gas effect

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ond -gas -ef-fect
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phenomenon in which a rapid uptake of a large volume of a gas (e.g. nitrous oxide) taken up from alveoli into pulmonary capillary blood leads to an increase in the concentration of gases remaining in the alveoli.

Example Sentences

"Coordinate term: concentration effect"

Inflected Forms

second gas effects (plural)

Questions

What does second gas effect mean?: A phenomenon in which a rapid uptake of a large volume of a gas (e.g. nitrous oxide) taken up from alveoli into pulmonary capillary blood leads to an increase in the concentration of gases remaining in the alveoli.

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