- maximum expiratory pressure
- (MEP) a measure of the strength of respiratory muscles, obtained by having the patient exhale as strongly as possible against a mouthpiece; the maximum value is near total lung capacity.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
maximum expiratory pressure
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