【医】 储气(补呼气)

Supplemental \Sup`ple*men"tal\, Supplementary
\Sup`ple*men"ta*ry\, a. [Cf. F. suppl['e]mentaire.]
Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving
as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary
sheet or volume.

{Supplemental air} (Physiol.), the air which in addition to
the residual air remains in the lungs after ordinary
expiration, but which, unlike the residual air, can be
expelled; reserve air.

{Supplemental bill} (Equity), a bill filed in aid of an
original bill to supply some deffect in the latter, or to
set forth new facts which can not be done by amendment.
--Burrill. --Daniel.

{Supplementary chords} (Math.), in an ellipse or hyperbola,
any two chords drawn through the extremities of a
diameter, and intersecting on the curve.