pneumograph

n. an instrument that records the movements or volume change of the lungs. The record is produced either by electric monitoring of the rate and extent of respiratory movements or by X-ray imaging of the lungs after they have been injected with a gas to improve the visual contrast between tissue areas. Also called pneumatograph; stethograph.

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