Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument for measuring the force or volume of inspiration or expiration in the lungs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for measuring the quantity of air inhaled into the lungs at a single inspiration and given out at a single expiration; a pulmometer; a spirometer. Also called pneumometer, pneumonometer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the amount of force exerted by the lungs in respiration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A device used to measure the
force ofinspiration orexpiration of a person'slungs .
Etymologies
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pneumato- + -meter
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