(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:26:00

Ste*thom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. chest + -meter.] Physiol.

An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer.

 

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