Pulmonary Function Terms

air trapping
airway resistance
body box plethysmography
bronchial challenge test
carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO, DCO)
exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB)
expiratory reserve volume (ERV)
flow-sensing spirometer
forced expiratory volume (FEV, FEVT)
forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)
forced inspiratory vital capacity (FIVC)
forced vital capacity (FVC)
functional residual capacity (FRC)
helium dilution
hyperinflation
inspiratory reserve volume (IRV)
inspiratory vital capacity (IVC)
maximal breathing capacity (MBC)
maximal expiratory flow rate (MEFR)
maximal expiratory pressure (MEP)
maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP)
maximal midexpiratory flow rate (MMFR, MMF) (also called FEF
                        25%—75%)
maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV)
nitrogen washout
peak expiratory flow (PEF)
peak flow meter
plethysmography
residual volume (RV)
respiratory exchange ration (RER)
respiratory inductive plethysmography
single-breath nitrogen washout (SBN2)
slow vital capacity (SVC)
spirometry
static lung compliance
thoracic gas volume (VTG)
tidal volume (VT)
total lung capacity (TLC)
vital capacity (VC)
volume-displacement spirometer