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pneo-|pniːəʊ, niːəʊ|
combining element from Gr. πνέ-ειν, πνεῖν to blow, breathe, used in a few rare scientific terms.
‖ pneobiognosis |-baɪəʊˈgnəʊsɪs| [mod.L., f. Gr. βίος life + γνῶσις investigation, knowledge, after diagnosis], in Medical Jurisprudence, the test, by the presence or absence of air in the lungs, whether a child has been born alive; also called pneusiobiognosis, or ‖ pneobioˈmantia [Gr. µαντεία divination]; whence pneobioˈmantic a., pneobioˈmantics. pneodyˈnamics [dynamics], the science of the forces concerned in respiration. ‖ pneoˈgaster [mod.L., f. Gr. γαστήρ belly], term for the whole respiratory tract, considered as a specialized portion of the intestinal tract; hence pneoˈgastric a. ˈpneograph [-graph], (a) an instrument invented by Mortimer Granville for indicating the force and character of expiration by means of a light disk suspended in front of the mouth and connected with a needle which makes an automatic tracing; (b) = pneometer. pneˈometer [-meter], an instrument for measuring the amount of air inspired and expired, a pneumatometer, spirometer; so pneˈometry, the measurement of the amount of air inspired and expired, pneumatometry. ˈpneoscope [-scope], an instrument for measuring the extent of movement of the thorax in respiration. (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1895.)
1858Mayne Expos. Lex. 984/2 Pneobiomantia. Ibid., Pneobiomantics. Ibid., Pneobiomantic. 1888Lancet 13 Oct. 724/1 A Pocket Clinical Pneograph... The tracing of the pneograph shows the expiration by a more or less vertical line, the duration of the expiratory effort being indicated by the length of the line traced by the needle before it descends, at the moment when inspiration commences. |