See Also: pneumotachogram(medicine)

perosmate (iou) and pneumotachogram (medicine)


perosmate (iou)



perosmate noun. L19.
[from PER-1 + OSM(IUM + -ATE1.]
Chemistry. A salt of osmium containing the anion [OsO4(OH)2]2, in which osmium has an oxidation state of 8. Cf. OSMATE.

pneumotachogram (medicine)


pneumotachogram


A recording of respired gas flow as a function of time, produced by a pneumotachograph.

Origin: G. Pneuma, air, + tachys, swift, + gramma, something written