Etymology

spiroscope

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Today it means: A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs. Full definition →

Latin spirare
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromspirare“to breathe”
  2. English todayspiroscope

From Latin spirare (“to breathe”) + -scope.

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