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spirometer|spaɪˈrɒmɪtə(r)|
[Irreg. f. L. spīr-āre to breathe: see -ometer.]
An instrument for measuring the breathing power of the lungs.
1846Hutchinson in Medico-Chirurg. Trans. XXIX. 146 General and practical deductions, to detect disease by the spirometer, with the method of its application. 1858O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. (1883) 206 Estimating height, weight, force by the dynamometer and the spirometer. 1877M. Foster Physiol. ii. ii. (1878) 255 It may be measured by a modification of a gas meter called a spirometer.
Hence spiroˈmetric, spiroˈmetrical adjs.
1887Jrnl. Education No. 210. 29 The distance naturally separating them..on the spirometric register. 1887C. Denison Pref. Climate Consumption 9 The large spiro⁓metrical records of those who live at great elevations. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 310 (a) Increase of chest circumference, (b) increase of spirometric capacity. |