spirometry

American  

[spahy-rahm-i-tree] / spaɪˈrɑm ɪ tri /

noun

plural

spirometries

1. Medicine/Medical. use of a spirometer to measure lung capacity.

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Other Word Forms

• spirometric adjective

Example Sentences

I recently had an ultrasound and an echocardiogram, and today I’m going to the pulmonologist for breathing tests—spirometry.

From The Wall Street Journal

Misdiagnosis is a common problem, one that doctors are working to address with more objective measures, such as spirometry, and careful ruling out of other contributing factors or conditions.

From Washington Post

To help solve this problem we developed the ‘PUMA’ questionnaire, which physicians can use to quickly identify people who need to be tested with spirometry.

From Nature

“We all know that there are patients that have rather severe emphysema but normal spirometry, and it’s a challenge to classify these patients.”

From Nature

Athletes in Group 2 have fewer tests: strength, doppler echocardiogram, spirometry and blood.

From Washington Times