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plethysmograph
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plethysmograph [plə′thiz·mə‚graf]
(medicine)
An instrument for measuring changes in the size of a part of the body by measuring changes in the amount of blood in that part.
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The body plethysmograph measures the volume decrease of the chest, which exceeds the volume of gas exhaled during flow , the difference being the compression of the alveolar gas (7).
Acute effect of long-acting bronchodilators on thoracic gas ... by Sen, Elif; Bartu, Sevgi Saryal; Yildiz, Oznur Akkoca; Kose, Kenan / Turkish Thoracic Journal
The operating principle of the body plethysmograph is simply based on Boyle's gas law.
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Changes of the respiratory pressure and rate were recorded in a whole body plethysmograph before and after treatment.
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