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aerophore

aerophore noun: a thin-walled area of the roots of some plants growing in swampy conditions through which gasses are exchanged.

Noun

aerophore (plural aerophores)

  1. A thin-walled area of the roots of some plants growing in swampy conditions through which gasses are exchanged.
    • Segments with more than 25 pairs of veins; indusium minute, ciliate. soon disappearing; a linear-attenuate brown aerophore present at base of each pinna 16.1977, Richard Alden Howard, Flora of the Lesser Antilles: Proctor, G. R. Pteridophyta, page 276
    • In most species the dorsolateral aerophore line is conspicuous throughout the length of the stipe, generally being somewhat paler in colour than the surrounding tissue.2000, Bothalia - Volumes 30-31, page 61
  2. Aerophore pulmonaire; a respirator for use with neonates and small animals developed by French obstetrician Gairal in 1879.
    • The Aerophore was attached as soon as respiration ceased and was continued for three minutes at which time the animal began to breathe spontaneously.1944 February, AH Maloney, “Artificial Respiration and the Revair Aerophore”, in Anesthesia & Analgesia, volume 23, number 1
    • The first apparatus used for intermittent positive pressure ventilation was the “aerophore pulmonaire,” developed by French obstetrician Gairal and made known to the public in 1897.2001 August, MFB de Almeida, R Guinsburg, “Controversies in neonatal resuscitation”, in Jornal de pediatria
  3. (historical) A predecessor of the radio, invented by Rene Homer in the early 1900s for communication between ships.
    • The aerophore will be placed in operation some time during the coming season by the Great Lakes Radio Telephone Company, in conjunction with the wireless telephone.1909, Hugo Gernsback, Charles Augustus Le Quesne, Austin Celestin Lescarboura, Modern Electrics Volume 2, Issue 1, page 21
    • The wheel Q is also provided with frequently-recurring contacts T, which are different for each transmitting-device or “aerophore,” in order to indicate the location of the aerophore from which the direction signals are transmitted.1911, Abridgments of Specifications Class 38, page 559
  4. (historical) A nineteenth-century device with breathing tubes used by miners and workmen in areas that contain toxic fumes.
    • The aerophore consists of a number of large or small cylinders as desired, which are lowered into the place with the workman. Connected with the cylinders is a long flexible tube almoast an inch in diameter of such strength that it cannot be damaged even by being trod upon.1874, Scientific American, page 132
    • The aerophore, a new life-saving apparatus, is at present attracting much attention. It is specially designed to enable the workman or miner to enter a mine full of fire-damp, and to labor there with complete immunity from danger.1875, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Annual Record of Science and Industry - Volume 4, page 461
  5. (historical) A predecessor of the aqualung, invented by Benoit Rouquayrol and Auguste Denayrouze 1865
    • Predecessor of modern scuba was the 1865 aerophore invention of Rouquayrol and Denayrouze.1992, Richard A. Clinchy, Glen H. Egstrom, Lou Fead, Jeppesen's Open Water Sport Diver Manual, →ISBN, page 53
    • Benoit Rouquayrol (a French mining engineer) and Auguste Denayrouze (a French naval officer) invented the aerophore in 1865. Their creation is considered the source of modern scuba equipment.2010, Dennis Graver, Scuba Diving-4th Edition, →ISBN, page 3

Examples of aerophore in a sentence

  • The mouths and noses of the rats were covered with an aerophore to allow them to breathe in the water.2003 June 15, Xueding Wang, Yongjiang Pang, Geng Ku, Xueyi Xie, George Stoica, Lihong V Wang, “Noninvasive laser-induced photoacoustic...
  • In the late 1800's Gairal, a French obstetrician, developed the “aerophore pulmonaire” which provided intermittent positive pressure ventilation of newborn infants.2009, SC Broster, JS Ahluwalia, “Overview of assisted ventilation of the newborn”, in Paediatrics and Child Health:
  • The shaft of the aerophore's searchlight might represent the gun barrel, and the Hertzian waves, bearing the message, the bullet.1913, Henry Walter Young, Popular Electricity and the World's Advance:
  • The Aerophore is inevitably to be installed at countless danger points all along the sea and lake coasts, lighthouses, at the mouths of rivers, harbors, etc.1950, Lee De Forest, Father of radio: the autobiography of Lee de Forest, page 260:

Forms of aerophore

pluralaerophores

Origin of aerophore

From aero- + -phore.

Questions about aerophore

What does aerophore mean?
Aerophore means a thin-walled area of the roots of some plants growing in swampy conditions through which gasses are exchanged.
How do you use aerophore in a sentence?
The mouths and noses of the rats were covered with an aerophore to allow them to breathe in the water.
What part of speech is aerophore?
Aerophore is a noun.
What is the plural of aerophore?
The plural of aerophore is aerophores.

Words near aerophore in the dictionary

  1. aerophobia
  2. aerophobic
  3. aerophone
  4. aerophones
  5. aerophonic
  6. aerophore
  7. aerophores
  8. aerophoto
  9. aerophotograph
  10. aerophotographer
  11. aerophotographers

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