spirographn.
/ˈspʌɪ(ə)rəɡrɑːf/, /ˈspʌɪ(ə)rəɡraf/, U.S. /ˈspaɪrəˌɡræf/ Medicine.
An instrument which provides a continuous tracing of the movements of the lungs during respiration.
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pelvimeter1779
labimeter1785
pulmometer1814
neurometer1818
cardiometer1827
pneumatometer1832
lithometer1842
urinometer1843
spirometer1846
labidometer1848
paedometer1848
stethometer1850
pneumometer1853
psychograph1854
aesthesiometer1857
stethogoniometer1858
respirometer1859
anapnometer1860
chest-measurer1862
cardiograph1866
cyrtometer1867
myograph1867
myographion1867
pneumograph1868
anapnograph1870
polygraph1871
pneumatograph1874
pelycometer1875
baraesthesiometer1876
stetho-cardiograph1876
stethograph1876
haemocytometer1877
tambour1877
thoracometer1877
audiometer1879
tropometer1881
inspirometer1882
oncograph1882
oncometer1882
septometer1882
kinesimeter1885
pneograph1888
kinaesthesiometer1890
parturiometer1890
pneometer1890
spirograph1890
tonograph1890
pelvigraph1892
phrenograph1893
profilometer1895
calibrator1900
tremograph1904
urinopyknometer1905
adaptometer1907
phonoscope1908
electrocardiograph1910
phonocardiograph1913
arthrometer1918
pneumotachograph1926
cystometer1927
cardiotachometer1928
encephalograph1934
electroencephalograph1935
ballistocardiograph1938
phonoelectrocardioscope1942
electromyograph1944
pupillograph1951
statometer1957
pneumotach1961
magnetocardiograph1963
1890 G. M. Gould New Med. Dict. 412/1 Spirograph,..an instrument for registering the movements of respiration.
1934 PMLA 49 1168 The air pressure and vibrations taken back of the point of contact with the spirograph.
1977 Bull. Exper. Biol. & Med. 64 1662 The investigation is stopped when changes in the helium concentration in the spirograph decrease to a certain small value.
Derivatives
ˈspirogram n. the tracing produced by a spirograph.
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cardiogram1871
angiogram1877
myogram1882
arteriogram1885
phlebogram1885
sphygmogram1887
pneumatogram1890
electrocardiogram1895
tonogram1899
tremogram1899
stethogram1900
telecardiogram1906
electrogram1909
phonocardiogram1911
bigram1916
electromyogram1917
ECG1918
polygram1923
pneumotachogram1926
salpingogram1927
haemogram1929
angiogram1932
angiograph1934
electroencephalogram1934
cystometrogram1936
EEG1936
ballistocardiogram1938
vectorcardiogram1938
myelogram1940
pupillogram1940
EMG1949
echoencephalogram1956
spirogram1956
magnetocardiogram1963
electronystagmogram1965
echocardiogram1966
magnetoencephalogram1968
tympanogram1969
1956 H. C. Hinshaw & L. H. Garland Dis. Chest vi. 89 Tracings of respiration, sometimes called spirograms, are readily made by means of a calibrated spirometer equipped with a writing device.
1977 Lancet 22 Jan. 156/1 (caption) Spirogram of habitual hyperventilator showing irregular amplitude and frequency of respiration and sighing tendency.
spirographic adj. relating to or observed by means of a spirograph.
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cardiographic1863
myographic1867
sphygmographic1867
polygraphic1871
cardiometrical1874
stethometric1876
plethysmographic1884
cyrtometric1885
haemautographic1885
spirometric1887
spirometrical1887
pneumographic1888
paedometric1889
myographical1890
stethographic1890
phlebographic1893
cephalometrical1895
oncometric1897
sphygmometric1898
sphygmomanometric1902
electrocardiographic1909
electrographic1909
cystometric1927
oscillometric1927
pneumotachographic1928
phonocardiographic1931
cephalometric1935
electroencephalographic1936
ballistocardiographic1939
phonocardiographical1943
spirographic1946
electronystagmographic1956
magnetocardiographic1970
tympanometric1970
magnetoencephalographic1976
1946 L. N. Gay Bronchial Asthma i. 7 (caption) Spirographic tracings of Hofbauer.
1977 Lancet 26 Mar. 709/1 Their diagnosis of hyperventilation is based on..a spirographic pattern for which criteria of abnormality are lacking.
spiroˈgraphically adv.
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sphygmographically1867
polygraphically1911
phonocardiographically1933
pneumographically1950
spirographically1959
electronystagmographically1967
1959 Presse Médicale No. 47. (Suppl.) 2/1 Having studied clinically and spirographically a population of 232 patients, authors make first a distinction between three groups according to the intensity of dyspnea.
spiˈrography n. the study of respiration by means of a spirograph.
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arteriography1833
pulmometry1835
pneumometry1853
sphygmography1859
spirometry1859
sphygmometry1867
pneumatometry1876
stethography1876
stethometry1876
cephalometry1881
haemautography1885
haemoglobinometry1887
pelvigraphy1890
plethysmography1890
sphygmomanometry1905
electrocardiography1910
phlebography1912
phonocardiography1913
T.P.R.1917
Fick('s) principle1920
pneumography1921
polygraphy1923
electromyography1926
oscillometry1927
pneumotachography1930
electroencephalography1935
oximetry1944
vectorcardiography1946
ballistocardiography1950
tympanometry1956
thermography1957
cystometry1959
spirography1959
rheograph1960
magnetocardiography1967
Fick method1968
magnetoencephalography1968
biofeedback1970
tympanography1977
1959 Presse Médicale No. 47. (Suppl.) 2/1 Spirography allows effectively to make a distinction between three groups of patients.
1977 Bull. Exper. Biol. & Med. 83 3 On the basis of indices obtained by the motion-picture spirography method, a definite idea can thus be obtained of the functional state of the apparatus for controlling respiration under different conditions.
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