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respirometer

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respirometer /res·pi·rom·e·ter/ (res″pĭ-rom´ĕ-ter) an instrument for determining the nature of respiration.
res·pi·rom·e·ter (rsp-rm-tr)
n.
An instrument for measuring the degree and nature of respiration.

respirometer
[res′pirom′ətər]
Etymology: L, respirare, to breath; Gk, metron, measure
an instrument used to analyze the quality of a patient's respirations.

respirometer [res″pĭ-rom´ĕ-ter]
an instrument for determining the nature of the respiration.

respirometer (res´pirom´tur),
n an instrument for studying and determining the character and extent of respiration.

respirometer
an instrument for determining the nature of the respiration, including the rate, the volume and the rhythmicity.


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During training of the pattern of breathing, a calibrated respirometer (b) was attached to the expiratory port of the Technegas patient administration set to monitor and measure expiratory tidal volume and to provide feedback to the participants on tidal breathing as shown in Figure 1.
Oxygen consumption was measured at +5[degrees]C in closed 150-200 mL respirometers, containing 1-6 mussels.
 
 
 
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