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pneumograph

[ noo-muh-graf, -grahf, nyoo- ]
/ ˈnu məˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈnyu- /

noun Medicine/Medical.

a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.

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Also pneumatograph.

Origin of pneumograph

First recorded in 1875–80; pneumo- + -graph

OTHER WORDS FROM pneumograph

pneu·mo·graph·ic [noo-muh-graf-ik, nyoo-], /ˌnu məˈgræf ɪk, ˌnyu-/, adjective

Words nearby pneumograph

pneumoencephalogram, pneumoencephalography, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, pneumogram, pneumograph, pneumography, pneumohemopericardium, pneumohemothorax, pneumohydrometra, pneumohydropericardium
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British Dictionary definitions for pneumograph

pneumograph
/ (ˈnjuːməˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

noun

med an instrument for making a record (pneumogram) of respiratory movements
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