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respiratory quotient
DEFINITIONS OF:
respiratory quotient
1
n
the ratio of the volume of carbon dioxide expired to the volume of oxygen consumed by an organism or cell in a given period of time
Type of:
ratio
the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
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