dead space
dead space
nounDefinition of DEAD SPACE
1
: space in the respiratory system in which air does not undergo significant gaseous exchange—see anatomical dead space, physiological dead space
2
: a space (as that in the chest following excision of a lung) left in the body as the result of a surgical procedure
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