Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spiroscope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spiro-scope
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs.

Etymology

From Latin spirare (“to breathe”) + -scope.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: spirare
Suffix: scope

Inflected Forms

spiroscopes (plural)

Questions

What does spiroscope mean?: A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs.
Where does spiroscope come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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