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anapnograph

anapnograph noun: a form of spirometer.

Noun

anapnograph (plural anapnographs)

  1. A form of spirometer.

Forms of anapnograph

pluralanapnographs

Origin of anapnograph

From French anapnographe, coined by the device's inventors Léon Bergeon and M. Kastus in the 1860s, from Ancient Greek ἀναπνοή (anapnoḗ, “recovery of breath; respiration”) (from ἀναπνέω (anapnéō, “to draw breath”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + πνέω (pnéō, “to breathe”)) + French -graphe (see -graph).

Questions about anapnograph

What does anapnograph mean?
Anapnograph means a form of spirometer.
What part of speech is anapnograph?
Anapnograph is a noun.
What is the plural of anapnograph?
The plural of anapnograph is anapnographs.

Words near anapnograph in the dictionary

  1. anapleural
  2. anapleurosis
  3. anapleurotic
  4. anapleurotically
  5. anapnea
  6. anapnograph
  7. anapnographs
  8. anapocosis
  9. anapodeictic
  10. anapodota
  11. anapodoton

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