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The measurement of the volume of air that a person can move into and out of the lungs, using a spirometer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- 2012, Q. Ashton Acton, Advances in Respiratory Insufficiency Research and Treatment, 2011 Edition, ScholarlyEditions (ScholarlyBrief), page 29, A total of 29,817 spirometries were analyzed. Quality grades A-D and F were assigned to 33.9, 7.1, 19.4, 27.8 and 11.8% of spirometries, respectively.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
espirometria
— medical measurement
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Chinese Mandarin:
肺活量測定 /肺活量测定
(fèihuóliàng cèdìng)
— medical measurement
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Czech:
spirometrie
— medical measurement
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Finnish:
keuhkojen toimintakoe
— medical measurement
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Finnish:
spirometria
— medical measurement
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French:
spirométrie
— medical measurement
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Irish:
spiriméadracht
— medical measurement
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Italian:
spirometria
— medical measurement
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Portuguese:
espirometria
— medical measurement
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Romanian:
spirometrie
— medical measurement
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Spanish:
espirometría
— medical measurement
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Swedish:
spirometri
— medical measurement
