spirometern.
/spʌɪˈrɒmɪtə/ An instrument for measuring the breathing power of the lungs.
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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
1846 Hutchinson in Medico-chirurg. Trans. XXIX. 146 General and practical deductions, to detect disease by the spirometer, with the method of its application.
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table x. 276 Estimating height, weight, force by the dynamometer and the spirometer.
1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (1878) ii. ii. 255 It may be measured by a modification of a gas meter called a spirometer.
Derivatives
spiroˈmetric adj.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [adjective]
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
1887 Jrnl. Education No. 210. 29 The distance naturally separating them..on the spirometric register.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 310 (a) Increase of chest circumference, (b) increase of spirometric capacity.
spiroˈmetrical adj.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [adjective]
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
1887 C. Denison Pref. Climate Consumption 9 The large spiro~metrical records of those who live at great elevations.
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