"spirometry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spirometries [plural]
Etymology: spiro- + -metry Etymology templates: {{confix|en|spiro|metry}} spiro- + -metry Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} spirometry (usually uncountable, plural spirometries)
  1. (medicine) The measurement of the volume of air that a person can move into and out of the lungs, using a spirometer. Wikipedia link: spirometry Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: ergospirometry, microspirometry, spirometric, spirometrics Related terms: peak flow meter Translations (medical measurement): espirometria [feminine] (Catalan), spirometrie [feminine] (Czech), keuhkojen toimintakoe (Finnish), spirometria (Finnish), spirométrie [feminine] (French), spiriméadracht [feminine] (Irish), spirometria [feminine] (Italian), espirometria [feminine] (Portuguese), spirometrie [feminine] (Romanian), espirometría [feminine] (Spanish), spirometri [common-gender] (Swedish)

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