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Maximal Voluntary Ventilation
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Definition
: Measure of the maximum amount of air that can be breathed in and blown out over a sustained interval such as 15 or 20 seconds. Common abbreviations are MVV and MBC.
NIM; DF: MVV
Other names
Maximal Breathing Capacity; Voluntary Ventilations, Maximal; Voluntary Ventilation, Maximal; Ventilations, Maximal Voluntary; Ventilation, Maximal Voluntary; Maximal Voluntary Ventilations; Maximal Breathing Capacities; Capacity, Maximal Breathing; Capacities, Maximal Breathing; Breathing Capacity, Maximal; Breathing Capacities, Maximal; MVV (Ventilation)
