forced expiratory volume

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The maximum volume of air that can be expired from the lungs in a specific time interval when starting from maximum inspiration.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.
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One is forced to ask, what on earth was Andrew doing hanging out with scantily clad teenagers?
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But his words felt forced and were belied his 2004 vote to oppose marking Martin Luther King Jr.
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However, intellectual honesty is the first thing to go when you are forced to constantly pander to your base.
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She had no say in it, but now is being forced to deal with an already challenging situation in front of strangers.
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We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
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But he walked up and down the room and forced himself to listen, though he could scarcely bear it, I could see.
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Instead of giving you a chance to say, "He has made a mistake," he forced you to say, "He has shown how to get out of a mistake."
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The improvement of transport still further swelled the volume of production.
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