spirometry

Noun

spirometry (usually uncountable, plural spirometries)

1. (usually) The measurement of the volume of air that a person can move into and out of the lungs, using a spirometer.
   • Spirometry is typically the first PFT^([Pulmonary Function Test]) to be performed in a patient. This is because the indications for performing spirometry are extensive (Table 56-3). The indications are so numerous, in fact, that it is a surprise that spirometry is so greatly underused. There are...2005, Charles G. Irvin, “Chapter 56: Guide to the Evaluation of Pulmonary Function”, in Qutayba Hamid, Joanne Shannon, James Martin, editors, Physiologic Basis of Respiratory Disease, BC Decker, page...
   • Aerobic metabolism can be measured by direct calorimetry or indirect spirometry. In exercise physiology, open-circuit indirect spirometry, in which expired gases are analyzed for 0₂ consumed and CO₂ produced, are typically used.2006, Sharon Plowman, Denise Smith, Exercise Physiology for Health, Fitness, and Performance, 2nd edition, Wolters Kluwer Health, page 122