How to Use spirometer in a Sentence

spirometer

noun
  • The incentive spirometer, which is used for a few days post-op, encourages people to take those deep breaths to keep their lungs healthy.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 2017-10-26
  • The spirometer, first developed in the 1840s, is still used today.
    Adam W. Gaffney, STAT, 2020-09-15
  • Brees posted a photo of him blowing into a spirometer — a device that's used to measure the air going in and out of the lungs — while being surrounded and tended to by three of his children.
    Amie Just | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 2020-11-16
  • The rattle of balls clattering up and down in a spirometer at the pace of ragged breaths, a loved one’s distant voice on a phone held by hospital staff – these were the sounds of an Inkster couple’s journey with the novel coronavirus.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 2020-08-11
  • An incentive spirometer to encourage deep breathing to prevent pneumonia • Antiseptic soap to guard against skin infections •
    Shari Rudavsky, USA TODAY, 2017-05-02
  • Each bag is stocked a five-day supply of Impact AR, an incentive spirometer to encourage deep breathing to prevent pneumonia, and antiseptic soap to guard against skin infections.
    Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 2017-05-02
  • His various treatments and supplies, including nebulizers, inhalers, breathing medications and a spirometer, keep multiplying.
    Ryan Prior, CNN, 2020-10-05

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