Preferred Label : Pulmonary Reactance;
NCIt related terms : PLMXRS;
NCIt definition : The measurement of the ability of the lung to store energy, which is required for
passive expiration. Reactance consists of two components: the negative component reflects
capacitive behavior (C) and corresponds to both the thoraco-pulmonary elasticity and
to changes in the available lung volumes in the distal compartments of the lung; the
positive component of reactance has inertial characteristics (I) describing the moving
air column in the bronchial tree.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: A measurement of the ability of the lung to store energy, which is required
for passive expiration.;
Origin ID : C123567;
UMLS CUI : C4054142;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
