English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Pendelluft (literally pendulum air).[1]

Noun

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pendelluft (countable and uncountable, plural pendellufts)

  1. The effect of air movements between the penultimate branches of the lungs

References

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  1. ^ Hubmayr, Rolf D. (2013 December 15) “Volutrauma and Regional Ventilation Revisited”, in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, volume 188, number 12, →DOI, →ISSN, →PMID, pages 1388–1389