Spirometer

[spai'rɒmitә]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs.

校對:赛克--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after the deepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer.

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解釋/意思:

n. an instrument for measuring the capacity of the lungs or the quantity of air that one can breathe out after a forced inspiration.—n. Spī′rograph an instrument for marking down the breathing movement.—adj. Spīromet′ric.—ns. Spīrom′etry; Spī′rophore an apparatus for inducing artificial respiration by means of an air-tight case for the body and an air-pump; Spīroph′yton a genus of fossil alg?found in the Devonian in New York state; Spīrozō′oid the filamentous defensive zooid of certain hydroids coiled spirally when not in action.

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