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PRONUNCIATION OF SPIROMETER

spirometer  [spaɪˈrɒmɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPIROMETER

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spirometer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPIROMETER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

spirometer

Spirometer

A spirometer is an apparatus for measuring the volume of air inspired and expired by the lungs. A spirometer measures ventilation, the movement of air into and out of the lungs. The spirogram will identify two different types of abnormal ventilation patterns, obstructive and restrictive. There are various types of spirometers which use a number of different methods for measurement.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPIROMETER


accelerometer
ækˌsɛləˈrɒmɪtə
aerometer
ɛəˈrɒmɪtə
barometer
bəˈrɒmɪtə
chlorometer
klɔːˈrɒmɪtə
decelerometer
dɪˌsɛləˈrɒmɪtə
durometer
dʊəˈrɒmɪtə
evaporometer
ɪˌvæpəˈrɒmɪtə
fluorometer
ˌflʊəˈrɒmɪtə
interferometer
ˌɪntəfəˈrɒmɪtə
katharometer
ˌkæθəˈrɒmɪtə
micropyrometer
ˌmaɪkrəʊpaɪˈrɒmɪtə
pyrometer
paɪˈrɒmɪtə
respirometer
ˌrɛspɪˈrɒmɪtə
saccharometer
ˌsækəˈrɒmɪtə
sclerometer
sklɪəˈrɒmɪtə
spectrofluorometer
ˌspɛktrəʊˌflʊəˈrɒmɪtə
spherometer
sfɪəˈrɒmɪtə
tellurometer
ˌtɛljʊˈrɒmɪtə
thermobarometer
ˌθɜːməʊbəˈrɒmɪtə
weatherometer
ˌweðəˈrɒmɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPIROMETER

spirochaetaemia
spirochaete
spirochaetoses
spirochaetosis
spirochetal
spirochete
spirochetoses
spirochetosis
spirogram
spirograph
spirographic
spirography
spirogyra
spiroid
spirometric
spirometry
spironolactone
spirophore
spirt
spirula

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPIROMETER

centimeter
Demeter
diameter
diffractometer
dosimeter
meter
micrometer
millimeter
multimeter
nanometer
odometer
parameter
perimeter
peter
potentiometer
spectrometer
spectrophotometer
speedometer
tachometer
thermometer
voltmeter

Synonyms and antonyms of spirometer in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «spirometer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPIROMETER

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The translations of spirometer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spirometer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肺活量计
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espirómetro
570 millions of speakers

English

spirometer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spirometer
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقياس التنفس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спирометр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espirômetro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রস-
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spiromètre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spirometer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spirometer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

肺活量計
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

폐활량계
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spirometer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phế dung kế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spirometer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्प्रैरमीटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spirometre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spirometro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spirometr
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спірометр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spirometru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σπιρόμετρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spirometer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spirometer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spirometer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spirometer

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPIROMETER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spirometer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPIROMETER»

Discover the use of spirometer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spirometer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Basic Clinical Lab Competencies for Respiratory Care: An ...
The dial should indicate the volume exhaled. If no reading is indicated, verify that the switch is in the on position and that the flow is directed into the spirometer through the port at the 6 o'clock position as the dial is read. If no recording is made, ...
Gary White, 2012
2
Biology: A Functional Approach. Students' Manual
humans. CAUTION: Experiments involving prolonged breathing in and out of a spirometer can be dangerous and should only be done under close supervision by a teacher. For the cells of the body to maintain their vital activities, a continual  ...
M. B. V. Roberts, T. J. King, 1987
3
Lippincott's Nursing Procedures
which rise according to the amount of air the patient pulls through the device when he inhales. Patients at low risk for developing atelectasis may use a flow incentive spirometer. Patients at high risk may need a volume incentive spirometer, ...
‎2009
4
Best Practices: Evidence-based Nursing Procedures
The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) guidelines recommend the use of an incentive spirometer for conditions predisposing to the development of pulmonary atelectasis, such as: • upper-abdominal surgery • thoracic surgery ...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007
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Advanced Biology
Spirometry In humans, a spirometer can be used to record and measure lung volumes and oxygen consumption (illustration 1). Spirometers come in various shapes and forms but they all operate on the same principle. The person breathes in ...
Michael Roberts, Michael Jonathan Reiss, Grace Monger, 2000
6
Vital Lung Function
A spirometer is used to measure accessible lung volumes of air that can be inhaled and exhaled (see p. 32) – the volume □ Until recently spirometers were rarely available in primary care settings and spirometry was usually performed in  ...
Rachel Booker, 2007
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The spirometer, the stethoscope, & scale-balance; their use ...
The Spirometer requires more care in its construction than is commonly believed ; it is not merely a measuring gasometer ; as such it may be mathematically correct and the workmanship may be exquisite, yet not correctly measure the vital  ...
John Hutchinson, 1852
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Medical-surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
Although all spirometers encourage slow, sustained maximal inspiration, they can be divided into two types: flow incentive and volume incentive. Differences between the two A flow incentive spirometer measures the patient's inspiratory effort ...
‎2008
9
Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice
A flow incentive spirometer measures the patient's inspiratory effort (flow rate) in cubic centimeters per second (cc/second). A volume incentive spirometer goes one step further. From the patient's flow rate, it calculates the volume of air the ...
‎2002
10
Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation
13.3 Basic water sealed spirometer change in volume is translated into vertical motion, which is recorded on the moving drum of a Kymograph. The excursion of the bell will be proportional to the tidal volume. For most purposes, the bell has a  ...
Khandpur, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPIROMETER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spirometer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sanofi Addresses Need for Spirometry Before Physicians Can …
Ruling out lung problems requires spirometry, a test that until now may have been ... the use of specialized medical equipment called a spirometer (FIGURE 1). «AJMC.com Managed Markets Network, Jul 15»
2
Spirometers Market – Global Industry Share, Size, Segments …
Spirometer is a medical device designed to measure the air capacity of the lungs by measuring the volume of air inhaled and exhaled by the organs. «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
3
Cohero Health's Wireless Spirometer FDA Cleared to Help Track …
Cohero Health, a company based in New York City, landed FDA clearance for its wireless clinical-grade spirometer. The device works along with a paired tablet ... «Medgadget.com, Jun 15»
4
Cohero Health gets FDA clearance for smartphone-connected …
Cohero spirometer New York City-based Cohero Health has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its mobile connected spirometer. The Bluetooth-connected ... «MobiHealthNews, Jun 15»
5
SpiroSense offers hope to patients with respiratory illness
SpiroSense, an inexpensive spirometer that gauges whether a person's breathing is obstructed or restricted, could help patients in remote or poor areas in ... «Johns Hopkins Department of Biomedical Engineering, May 15»
6
Spirometer Market International Research Report Review
2015 Market Research Report on Global Spirometer Industry is a 200 pages report added to DeepResearchReports.com in March'15. For international and ... «PR Newswire, Mar 15»
7
Synapse Speaks to Startups: KNOX Medical Diagnostics Wants to …
She started KNOX Medical Diagnostics, which is working to develop a home version of the spirometer, a device used to measure air flow. Her team includes ... «Synapse, Mar 15»
8
Inhaler sensor startup CoheroHealth begins pilot at Mt. Sinai …
The company will test its platform, which includes an inhaler sensor, a mobile app, and a connected spirometer, on 50 pediatric asthma patients. “There are 50 ... «mobihealthnews, Oct 14»
9
Twisting Lung Function Measurements Based on Race
In Breathing Race Into the Machine (University of Minnesota Press, 2014), science studies scholar Lundy Braun traces the little-known history of the spirometer ... «Utne Reader Online, Sep 14»
10
Developers will be able to use HealthKit to read spirometer data
A handful of entrepreneurs have developed ways for smartphones to use data from spirometers to allow patients with respiratory problems, particularly for ... «MedCity News, Aug 14»

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