PNEUMATOGRAPH

Pneu*mat"o*graph, n. Etym: [Pneumato- + -graph.] (Physiol.)

Definition: An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration; -- also called stethograph.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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