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Definition of Respiratory quotient
1. Noun. The ratio of the volume of carbon dioxide expired to the volume of oxygen consumed by an organism or cell in a given period of time.
Medical Definition of Respiratory quotient
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Respiratory Quotient
Literary usage of Respiratory quotient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1915)
"It will be seen that, prior to the experiment, the respiratory quotient differed
little ... With the withdrawal of all food the respiratory quotient fell, ..."
2. Human Vitality and Efficiency Under Prolonged Restricted Diet by Francis Gano Benedict (1919)
"respiratory quotient. With such changes hi the dietetic intake as were made in
... The respiratory quotient, that is, the ratio between the carbon dioxide ..."
3. Food Ingestion and Energy Transformations: With Special Reference to the by Francis Gano Benedict, Thorne Martin Carpenter (1918)
"THE respiratory quotient AFTER INGESTION OF CARBOHYDRATES. ... If we study the
course- of the respiratory quotient in the experiments, we find that shortly ..."
4. The Physiology of the New-born Infant: Character and Amount of the Katabolism by Francis Gano Benedict, Fritz Bradley Talbot, Karl Albert Hasselbalch (1915)
"If we study the variations in the respiratory quotient found with the ...
Thereafter there was a tendency for the respiratory quotient to increase and on ..."
5. Gaseous Exchange and Physiological Requirements for Level and Grade Walking by Henry Monmouth Smith (1922)
"respiratory quotient DURINO GRADE WALKING. The effect upon the respiratory quotient
of varying amounts of work in grade walking may be seen from the data in ..."
6. A Manual of Physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1918)
"respiratory quotient.—The quotient of the volume of oxygen given out as carbon
dioxide by the volume of oxygen taken in is the respiratory quotient. ..."
7. A Respiration Calorimeter with Appliances for the Direct Determination of Oxygen by Wilbur Olin Atwater, Francis Gano Benedict (1905)
"respiratory quotient. The ratio between the volume of carbon dioxide exhaled and
the volume of the oxygen inspired, and indicating in marked degree the ..."
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