Spirometer

[spai'rɒmitә]

Definition

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

Typist: Psyche--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Edited by Jonathan

Definition

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.

Editor: Segre