| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Expiratory Reserve Volume | Health | The extra volume of air that can be expired with maximum effort beyond the level reached at the end of a normal, quiet expiration. Common abbreviation is ERV. (references) | |
| Expiratory reserve volume | Medicine | 1: The expiratory reserve volume is the largest volume of gas that can be expired from the end-expiratory level. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| 2: The difference between the maximum breathing capacity and the pulmonary ventilation. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
| 3: The maximum volume of air that can be expired after involuntary exhalation, as from the end expiratory level. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
