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anapnograph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
anapno-graph
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of spirometer.

Etymology

From French anapnographe, coined by the device's inventors Léon Bergeon and M. Kastus in the 1860s, from Ancient Greek ἀναπνοή (anapnoḗ, “recovery of breath; respiration”) (from ἀναπνέω (anapnéō, “to draw breath”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + πνέω (pnéō, “to breathe”)) + French -graphe (see -graph).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: anapnographe, ἀναπνοή, -graphe

Inflected Forms

anapnographs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

anapnoic

Questions

What does anapnograph mean?
A form of spirometer.
Where does anapnograph come from?
It is traced to French.

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