spirometer
noun
spi·rom·e·ter spī-ˈrä-mə-tər 
: an instrument for measuring the air entering and leaving the lungs (as in determining lung function in the diagnosis of pulmonary disease)
spirometric
ˌspī-rə-ˈme-trik
adjective spirometry
spī-ˈrä-mə-trē
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Instead, according to the complaint, the nurse on duty told Saint to take deep breaths with a measuring device called a spirometer, and got her oxygen level up to 72% — still far too low. 
Robert Mccoppin, chicagotribune.com, 17 Jan. 2022 Another equation estimates lung function by gauging the maximum amount of air a person can exhale forcefully into an instrument called a spirometer. Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Science | AAAS, 22 July 2021 Participants breathed through a spirometer with a turbine to reveal their lung function. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2021 Cartwright, the racist doctor from the 1800s, also developed his own version of a tool called the spirometer to measure lung capacity. Jacque Smith, CNN, 25 Apr. 2021 And Callen, Brees' youngest son, sat intently while watching his dad blow into a real spirometer. Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 17 Nov. 2020 Brees posted a photo of him blowing into a spirometer — a device that's used to measure the air going in and out of the lungs — while being surrounded and tended to by three of his children. Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 16 Nov. 2020 His various treatments and supplies, including nebulizers, inhalers, breathing medications and a spirometer, keep multiplying. Ryan Prior, CNN, 5 Oct. 2020 The spirometer, first developed in the 1840s, is still used today. Adam W. Gaffney, STAT, 15 Sep. 2020 See More
Robert Mccoppin, chicagotribune.com, 17 Jan. 2022 Another equation estimates lung function by gauging the maximum amount of air a person can exhale forcefully into an instrument called a spirometer. Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Science | AAAS, 22 July 2021 Participants breathed through a spirometer with a turbine to reveal their lung function. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2021 Cartwright, the racist doctor from the 1800s, also developed his own version of a tool called the spirometer to measure lung capacity. Jacque Smith, CNN, 25 Apr. 2021 And Callen, Brees' youngest son, sat intently while watching his dad blow into a real spirometer. Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 17 Nov. 2020 Brees posted a photo of him blowing into a spirometer — a device that's used to measure the air going in and out of the lungs — while being surrounded and tended to by three of his children. Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 16 Nov. 2020 His various treatments and supplies, including nebulizers, inhalers, breathing medications and a spirometer, keep multiplying. Ryan Prior, CNN, 5 Oct. 2020 The spirometer, first developed in the 1840s, is still used today. Adam W. Gaffney, STAT, 15 Sep. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary spiro- (from Latin spirare to breathe) + -meter
First Known Use
1809, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
spirometer
noun
spi·rom·e·ter spi-ˈräm-ət-ər
: an instrument used in spirometry for measuring the air entering and leaving the lungs
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