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pulmonary docimasia

pulmonary docimasia noun: a medical examination of a dead baby's lungs using a microscope, to determine whether air had entered them, and thus whether it was a case of infanticide.

Noun

pulmonary docimasia (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A medical examination of a dead baby's lungs using a microscope, to determine whether air had entered them, and thus whether it was a case of infanticide.
    Synonyms:
    lung float test, hydrostatic test

Synonyms of pulmonary docimasia

  • lung float test
  • hydrostatic test

Questions about pulmonary docimasia

What does pulmonary docimasia mean?
Pulmonary docimasia means a medical examination of a dead baby's lungs using a microscope, to determine whether air had entered them, and thus whether it was a case of infanticide.
What part of speech is pulmonary docimasia?
Pulmonary docimasia is a noun.

Words near pulmonary docimasia in the dictionary

  1. pulmonary alveolus
  2. pulmonary arteries
  3. pulmonary artery
  4. pulmonary circulation
  5. pulmonary circulations
  6. pulmonary docimasia
  7. pulmonary edema
  8. pulmonary edemas
  9. pulmonary embolism
  10. pulmonary embolisms
  11. pulmonary emphysema

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