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SPIROMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spirometer mean?
• SPIROMETER (noun)
The noun SPIROMETER has 1 sense:
1. a measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs
Familiarity information: SPIROMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("spirometer" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
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