Word of the day for Tuesday
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a device for measuring air flow
Sounds like something you should see on Top Gear, no? But that's not it, it's a medical instrument. Presumably the air flow we're talking about is in the lungs.
(Huh. Thank you, Wikipedia.)
a device for measuring air flow
Sounds like something you should see on Top Gear, no? But that's not it, it's a medical instrument. Presumably the air flow we're talking about is in the lungs.
(Huh. Thank you, Wikipedia.)
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Date: 2009-03-31 02:23 pm (UTC)Kidding aside, it's straight Latin. Pneu- as in pneumatic and pneumonia. (I cannot think of another word in common usage - e.g. outside of specialized medical or scientific language - beginning with 'pneu.')
Fun fact: The French shorten the phrase for "pneumatic tires" and just refer to one as "le pneu." This made me giggle uncontrollably when I first heard it, because I am six.
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Date: 2009-03-31 02:29 pm (UTC)You can get a USB one!
An "incentive spirometer" is one where the patient themselves can see the capacity reading in order to give them positive feedback to improve it.