| FiCO2, | FICO2 fractional concentration of carbon dioxide in inspired gas |
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| PACO2 | partial pressure of carbon dioxide in alveolar gas |
| PaCO2 | partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood |
| PCO2, | pCO2 partial pressure of carbon dioxide |
| PETCO2 | end-tidal pressure of carbon dioxide |
| nitrogen partition | Determination of the distribution of nitrogen in the urine among the various constituents. Synonym: nitrogen distribution. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nitrogen radioisotopes | Unstable isotopes of nitrogen that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. N atoms with atomic weights 12, 13, 16, 17, and 18 are radioactive nitrogen isotopes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nonprotein nitrogen | The nitrogen content of other than protein bodies; e.g., about one-half the nonprotein nitrogen in the blood is contained in urea. Synonym: rest nitrogen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| undetermined nitrogen | The nitrogen of blood, urine, etc., other than urea, uric acid, amino acids, etc., that can be directly estimated; in blood it amounts to about 25 mg per 100 ml. Urea nitrogen, the portion of nitrogen in a biological sample, such as blood or urine, that derives from its content of urea. See: blood urea nitrogen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urinary nitrogen | Nitrogen excreted as urea, amino acids, uric acid, etc., in the urine; 1 g of urinary nitrogen indicates the breakdown in the body of 6.25 g of protein. See: nitrogen equivalent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filtrate nitrogen | Nonprotein nitrogen in various compounds that normally pass through the glomerular filtration, or through a filter in the laboratory (after proteins are precipitated). (05 Mar 2000) |