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A medical instrument that measures carbon dioxide levels in the exhaled air of patients on ventilators or under anesthesia.
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capnometer — cap·nom·e·ter kap näm ə tər n a monitoring device that measures and numerically displays the concentration of carbon dioxide in exhaled air compare capnograph cap·nom·e·try trē n * * * cap·nom·e·ter (kap nomґə tər) a device for… … Medical dictionary
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Capnograph — A capnograph is an instrument used to measure the carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in an air sample. It does this by measuring the absorption of infrared light, which is absorbed particularly well by carbon dioxide. Capnographs (or capnometer)… … Wikipedia
capnograph — Instrument by which a continuous graph of the carbon dioxide content of expired air is obtained. * * * cap·no·graph kap nō .graf n a monitoring device that measures the concentration of carbon dioxide in exhaled air and displays a numerical… … Medical dictionary
капнометр — Устройство для измерения и индикации концентрации двуокиси углерода в газовой смеси. Примечание Концентрация двуокиси углерода в газовой смеси обычно выражается как объемная доля в процентах или как парциальное давление в килопаскалях или в… … Справочник технического переводчика
