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electrophrenic respiration

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Main Entry: electrophrenic respiration
Function: noun
: artificial respiration by means of an electrophrenic respirator used especially in poliomyelitis and otherconditions in which the nervous control of breathing is impaired
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electrophrenic respiration e·lec·tro·phren·ic respiration (ĭ-lěk'trō-frěn'ĭk)
n.
Respiration induced by the application of rhythmic electrical stimulation at the motor points of the phrenic nerve, usually used on individuals whose nervous respiratory center is paralyzed as a result of acute bulbar poliomyelitis.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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