Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vital_capacity

1 sense of vital capacity

Sense 1
vital capacity -- (the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue)
       => capacity, content -- (the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons")
       => diagnostic test, diagnostic assay -- (an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes)