spiratorn.
rare.† 1. A breathing passage or tube. Obsolete. rare.
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1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Yyy3v Eclegms..potently incide..humours, impacted in the spirators.
2. (See quot. 1876.)
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1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 877.
1876 Catal. Special Loan Coll. Sci. Apparatus S. Kensington Mus. 90 Spirator, an instrument designed to get a constant current and measureable volume of air driven or drawn over a body.
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