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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pendelluft (literally “pendulum air”).[1]
Noun
pendelluft (countable and uncountable, plural pendellufts)
- The effect of air movements between the penultimate branches of the lungs
References
- ^ Hubmayr, Rolf D. (2013 December 15) “Volutrauma and Regional Ventilation Revisited”, in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, volume 188, number 12, →DOI, →ISSN, →PMID, pages 1388–1389