Stethometer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stethometer \Ste*thom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? chest + -meter.]
     (Physiol.)
     An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given
     point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called
     {thoracometer}.
     [1913 Webster]