spirometer
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- noun
- /spaɪˈrɒmɪtər/
- Specialized
:
espirómetro
- The printout from electronic spirometers also gives the FEV1 as a percentage of the predicted reference value for that individual and will show the change in that value post-bronchodilator.
- an electronic spirometer
- an incentive spirometer
Examples
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Few doctors have spirometers or peak flow meters because they don't have money to buy equipment.
Academic text (2010) -
Volumes within 20% of the reference value (i.e., between 80% and 120% predicted) were generally considered to be within normal limits, and many electronic spirometers still report results in this way.
Academic text (2012) -
If a pocket spirometer is available, you could also measure his FEV1.
Academic text (2014) -
Therefore, encouraging the use of the incentive spirometer for at least 10 deep breaths every hour is important.
Academic text (2005) -
A spirometer (RamAir 9200) was used to measure gas volume.
Academic text (1995) -
Lung function was measured, with the subject seated and without a nose clip, using a pocket spirometer (Spirobank MIR, Rome, Italy).
Academic text (2012) -
Some general practice clinical recording systems are able to calculate various lung function values, and most modern electronic spirometers have a function that calculates the difference between pre- and post-bronchodilator readings.
Academic text (2012) -
We used a KoKo Digidoser spirometer (Grace Medical Marketing Inc, Kennesaw, GA) and followed American Thoracic Society protocols.
Academic text (2011) -
In order to collect pulmonary data during the test, an open circuit spirometer (Mijnhart Oxycon, IBM, Bunnik, the Netherlands) with automatic printout every 30 seconds was used.
Academic text (2005) -
The doctor used a spirometer to measure the patient's lung capacity during the check-up.
Synonyms
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A medical machine with a chamber that surrounds the body to measure lung size and how well you breathe
A machine that measures breathing in people, animals or plants
How Precise
Surface Forms
Morphology
spirometer = spiro + meter
The meaning is compositionally related to spiro- and -meter, but these are bound classical forms and the technical sense is only partly guessable for average learners.
Etymology
Spirometer comes from two parts: spiro-, from the Latin spirare meaning 'to breathe', and -meter, meaning 'measure', the same ending you see in thermometer. So a spirometer is a device that measures how much air your lungs hold and how you breathe.