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An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after the deepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer.

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  1. n. An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after the deepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer.
  2. n. a measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs
  3. An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after the deepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer.
  4. An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, orthe volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after thedeepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer.
  5. n. a measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs