Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spirometer \Spi*rom"e*ter\, n. [L. spirare to breathe + -meter.]
An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs,
or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest
after the deepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spirometer
n 1: a measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of
the lungs