Definitions for spirometer

spirometer spi·rom·e·ter

Spelling: [spahy-rom-i-ter]
IPA: /spaɪˈrɒm ɪ tər/

Spirometer is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 749 anagrams from letters in spirometer (eeimoprrst).

Definitions for spirometer

noun

  1. an instrument for determining the capacity of the lungs.

Origin of spirometer

First recorded in 1840-50; spiro-1 + -meter

Examples for spirometer

The spirometer only registered 200 cubic inches instead of 260, which, according to Hutchinson's table, was his mean.

Hence, the spirometer directly measures the respiratory capacity, and only indirectly the pulmonary capacity.

The spirometer, a useful but rather expensive little instrument, measures accurately lung capacity.

Note: I would advise a spirometer for measuring the capacity of the lungs.

It will be found by occasional trials upon the spirometer that the breathing capacity increases with these exercises.

Secure a spirometer and increase the lung capacity until it registers about two hundred and fifty cubic inches.

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