spirograph

spirograph
A device for representing graphically the depth and rapidity of respiratory movements. [L. spiro, to breathe, + G. grapho, to write]

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spi·ro·graph 'spī-rə-.graf n an instrument for recording respiratory movements
spi·ro·graph·ic .spī-rə-'graf-ik adj

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n.
an instrument for recording breathing movements. The record (a tracing) obtained is called a spirogram.

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spi·ro·graph (spiґro-graf) [spiro-2 + -graph] an instrument for registering the respiratory movements. See also spirometer. Called also pneumatograph and pneumograph.

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