Word of the Day:
spirometer
What It Means
An instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs.
Spirometer in Context
“While all spirometers encourage slow, sustained maximal inspiration, they can be divided into two types: flow incentive and volume incentive.”
Did You Know?
From Latin spīro (“to breathe”) + English -meter.
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