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Word: thorax (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...thorax is first filled with air by a deep inspiration; the glottis is then closed. . . . When a sufficiently high intrapulmonic pressure is attained, the glottis opens and the sudden change in pressure causes a forcible expulsion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Kerchoo | 4/29/1940 | See Source »

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