alveolar dead space

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The difference between physiological dead space and anatomical dead space, representing that part of the physiological dead space resulting from ventilation of relatively underperfused or nonperfused alveoli.

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alveolar arch, alveolar-arterial oxygen difference, alveolar artery, alveolar cell, alveolar cell carcinoma, alveolar dead space, alveolar duct, alveolar gas, alveolar gingiva, alveolar gland, alveolar macrophage

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The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.
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A policewoman was shot dead this morning while law enforcement searched for the Charlie Lebdo killers.
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Absent a body, no one can say with absolute certainty whether Castro is dead, even if all signs point in that direction.
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The two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is dead.
In the Middle East, the Two-State Solution Is Dead|Dean Obeidallah|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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Frequently they are found in alveolar arrangement, retaining the original outline of the alveoli of the lung (Fig. 4, b).
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When he plays a sonata it is as if the composition rose from the dead and stood transfigured before you.
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To-day I'm more dead than alive, as we had a lesson from him yesterday that lasted four hours.
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It is a fearsome thing for a man to be left alone in the dead of night with a young baby.
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