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Dead Space Extraction™
Battle to Survive the Necromorph Invasion in EA's Dead Space for Wii
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: dead space
Function: noun
1 : space in the respiratory system in which air does not undergo significant gaseous exchange —see ANATOMICAL DEAD SPACE, PHYSIOLOGICAL DEADSPACE
2 : a space (as that in the chest following excision of a lung) left in the body as the result of a surgical procedure
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Dead Space Extraction™
Battle to Survive the Necromorph Invasion in EA's Dead Space for Wii
EAStore.EA.com/DeadSpaceExtraction
Medical Dictionary

dead space n.

  1. An actual or potential cavity remaining after the closure of an incision and not obliterated by operative technique.

  2. Anatomical dead space.

  3. Physiological dead space.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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