Compliance

Distensibility measure of a chamber such as the lungs (LUNG COMPLIANCE) or bladder. Compliance is expressed as a change in volume per unit change in pressure.

Year introduced: 1991(1968)

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Tree Number(s): G01.374.590.210

MeSH Unique ID: D003187

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Compliance