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stethometer|stɪˈθɒmɪtə(r)|
[f. stetho- + -meter. Cf. F. stéthomètre (? from Eng.)]
An instrument for measuring the extent of the movement of the walls of the chest in breathing.
1850Quain in Lond. Jrnl. Med. II. 927 note, The instrument..must have a name, and I have therefore called it a Stethometer. 1861S. S. Alison Phys. Exam. Chest 341 Dr. Quain's stethometer..resembles a watch, having a dial and index. 1877M. Foster Physiol. ii. ii. (1878) 256 The movements of the chest walls may be recorded by means of the recording stethometer of Burdon Sanderson.
So stethoˈmetric a., pertaining to or obtained by means of the stethometer; stethometry |stɪˈθɒmɪtrɪ|, measurement by a stethometer, the use of the stethometer.
1876A. Ransome Stethometry vii. 137 The stethometric register in June 1872 was as under. Ibid. 138 Stethometry is..sometimes of use in supplementing the examination of the chest by other methods. |