respirometer

respirometer
1. An instrument for measuring the extent of the respiratory movements. 2. An instrument for measuring oxygen consumption or carbon dioxide production, usually of an isolated tissue. [L. respiro, to breathe, + G. metron, measure]
- Dräger r. an inferential meter to measure tidal and minute volume from the number of revolutions of a vane rotated by the gas stream as the latter passes through two lightweight lozenge-shaped meshing rotors.
- Wright r. an inferential meter to measure tidal and minute volume from the number of revolutions of a vane rotated by the gas stream as the latter passes through 10 tangential slots in a cylindric stator ring to turn a flat two-bladed rotor; also called Wright spirometer.

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res·pi·rom·e·ter .res-pə-'räm-ət-ər n an instrument for studying the character and extent of respiration

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res·pi·rom·e·ter (res″pĭ-romґə-tər) an instrument for determining the character of the respiratory movements.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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