Term: vital capacity: the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue
Broader: capacity: the amount that can be contained | Unrelated: lectin: any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus
Broader: capacity: the amount that can be contained | Unrelated: crab: the edible flesh of any of various crabs
Broader: capacity: the amount that can be contained | Unrelated: bathtub: a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
Broader: capacity: the amount that can be contained | Unrelated: atropine: a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides
Broader: capacity: the amount that can be contained | Unrelated: exterminator: someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)
Broader: capacity: the amount that can be contained | Unrelated: tri-chad: a chad that is incompletely removed and still attached at three corners
Broader: capacity: the amount that can be contained | Unrelated: foggy bottom: United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River
Broader: capacity: the amount that can be contained | Unrelated: school board: a board in charge of local public schools
Broader: capacity: the amount that can be contained | Unrelated: note: a short personal letter
Broader: capacity: the amount that can be contained | Unrelated: non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor: an antiviral drug used against HIV; binds directly to reverse transcriptase and prevents RNA conversion to DNA; often used in combination with other drugs