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  • adjective Of or pertaining to exhalation

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Examples

  • - Sustained (Valsalva) vs exhalatory bearing down in second stage of labour.

    7. REFERENCES 1996

  • The alternative is supporting the women’s spontaneous pattern of expulsive efforts (exhalatory bearing down efforts).

    4. CARE DURING THE SECOND STAGE OF LABOUR 1996

  • At that moment, the adept imposes his will to override the exhalatory reflex, and every time he does this, he enhances voluntary control over breathing.

    The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

  • Without the neck lock in place, retained breath exerts exhalatory pressure all the way up to the nostrils and eustacian tubes, which is unpleasant and undesirable.

    The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

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