| forced a. |
1. the feeding of a person against his will. 2. the giving of more food to a person than his appetite calls for.
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| forced b. |
an extrasystole produced by artificial stimulation of the heart.
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| forced c. |
a cardiac cycle that is interrupted by a forced beat.
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| forced expiratory f. |
the rate of airflow recorded in measurements of forced vital capacity, usually calculated as an average flow over a given portion of the expiratory curve; the portion between 25 and 75 per cent of forced vital capacity is called the maximal or maximum midexpiratory f.
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| forced expiratory v. |
the fraction of the forced vital capacity that is exhaled in a specific number of seconds; abbreviated FEV, with a subscript telling how many seconds the measurement lasted. See also forced expiratory flow, under flow.
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