Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

Douglas bag

8 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Douglas bag (noun)
  2. cul-de-sac of Douglas (noun)
  3. Douglas's cul-de-sac (noun)
  4. Douglas's pouch (noun)
  5. pouch of Douglas (noun)
  6. Argyll Robertson pupil (noun)
  7. Reye's syndrome (noun)
  8. Sweet's syndrome (noun)

Doug·las bag

noun \ˈdəg-ləs-ˌbag\

Definition of DOUGLAS BAG

: an inflatable bag used to collect expired air for the determination of oxygen consumption and basal metabolic rate

Biographical Note for DOUGLAS BAG

Douglas, Claude Gordon (1882–1963), British physiologist. From his laboratory at Oxford, Douglas contributed significantly to the knowledge of human respiratory function. In 1911 he introduced the large airtight bag known as the Douglas bag for use in collecting expired respiratory gases.