spirometer
noun
spi·rom·e·ter
spī-ˈrä-mə-tər 
: an instrument for measuring the air entering and leaving the lungs (as in determining lung function in the diagnosis of pulmonary disease)
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The first challenge was that the use of spirometers, devices used to measure lung function, was discouraged or prohibited due to the risk of COVID transmission.
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New Atlas, 11 July 2025
Lastly a device known as a spirometer measures the volume of gas expelled by the lungs on each breath, to monitor breathing patterns.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
In the games used in the study, which were built by students at Champlain College in Vermont, a device for measuring lung capacity called a spirometer is used as a controller.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2011
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
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New Atlas, 11 July 2025
Lastly a device known as a spirometer measures the volume of gas expelled by the lungs on each breath, to monitor breathing patterns.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
In the games used in the study, which were built by students at Champlain College in Vermont, a device for measuring lung capacity called a spirometer is used as a controller.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2011
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
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spirometer
noun
spi·rom·e·ter
spi-ˈräm-ət-ər
: an instrument used in spirometry for measuring the air entering and leaving the lungs
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