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pulmonary reactance
pul·mo·nar·y re·ac·tance
Definitions related to pulmonary reactance:
  • A measurement of the ability of the lung to store energy, which is required for passive expiration.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The measurement of the ability of the lung to store energy, which is required for passive expiration. Reactance consists of two components: the negative component reflects capacitive behavior (C) and corresponds to both the thoraco-pulmonary elasticity and to changes in the available lung volumes in the distal compartments of the lung; the positive component of reactance has inertial characteristics (I) describing the moving air column in the bronchial tree.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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