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单词 microrespirometer
释义

microrespirometern.

Brit. /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌrɛspᵻˈrɒmᵻtə/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪkroʊˌrɛspəˈrɑmədər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: micro- comb. form, respirometer n.
Etymology: < micro- comb. form + respirometer n., after German Mikrorespirometer (T. Thunberg 1904, in Zentralbl. f. Physiol. 3 Dec. 553).
Biology and Medicine.
A device used to measure the respiration of microscopic organs or organisms, or which measures respiration on a microscopic scale.
ΚΠ
1905 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 88 ii. 44 By means of an apparatus termed the ‘micro-respirometer’..the respiratory exchanges in small objects like nerves can actually be measured.
1946 Nature 27 July 126/2 A Cartesian diver micro-respirometer.
1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. xx. 342 The measurement of respiration is carried out in respiratory chambers or micro-respirometers.
1985 Sci. Amer. July 16/2 She has measured the oxygen consumption of many of them, using an ingenious microrespirometer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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