Other Words from spirometer

spirometric \ ˌspī-rə-ˈme-trik

\ adjective

spirometry \ spī-ˈrä-mə-trē

\ noun

Examples of spirometer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Instead, according to the complaint, the nurse on duty told Saint to take deep breaths with a measuring device called a spirometer, and got her oxygen level up to 72% — still far too low. — Robert Mccoppin, chicagotribune.com, 17 Jan. 2022 Another equation estimates lung function by gauging the maximum amount of air a person can exhale forcefully into an instrument called a spirometer. — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Science | AAAS, 22 July 2021 Participants breathed through a spirometer with a turbine to reveal their lung function. — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2021 Cartwright, the racist doctor from the 1800s, also developed his own version of a tool called the spirometer to measure lung capacity. — Jacque Smith, CNN, 25 Apr. 2021 And Callen, Brees' youngest son, sat intently while watching his dad blow into a real spirometer. — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 17 Nov. 2020 Brees posted a photo of him blowing into a spirometer — a device that's used to measure the air going in and out of the lungs — while being surrounded and tended to by three of his children. — Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 16 Nov. 2020 His various treatments and supplies, including nebulizers, inhalers, breathing medications and a spirometer, keep multiplying. — Ryan Prior, CNN, 5 Oct. 2020 The spirometer, first developed in the 1840s, is still used today. — Adam W. Gaffney, STAT, 15 Sep. 2020 See More

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