respirometer
noun
res·pi·rom·e·ter
ˌre-spə-ˈrä-mə-tər 
: an instrument for studying the character and extent of respiration
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The fish were set up in customized respirometer tanks, hooked up with the capacity to measure the rate of oxygen consumption by the puffer before inflation, during inflation, and post-inflation.
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Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2014
The team figured this out by placing muscle tissue from 21 captive and wild sea otters inside a device called a respirometer that researchers used to measure how much oxygen the muscle cells were using.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2021
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Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2014
The team figured this out by placing muscle tissue from 21 captive and wild sea otters inside a device called a respirometer that researchers used to measure how much oxygen the muscle cells were using.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2021
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respirometer
noun
res·pi·rom·e·ter
ˌres-pə-ˈräm-ət-ər
: an instrument for studying the character and extent of respiration
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