aerophore

Noun

Meaning

(botany) A thin-walled area of the roots of some plants growing in swampy conditions through which gasses are exchanged.

(medicine) Aerophore pulmonaire; a respirator for use with neonates and small animals developed by French obstetrician Gairal in 1879.

(historical) A predecessor of the radio, invented by Rene Homer in the early 1900s for communication between ships.

(historical) A nineteenth-century device with breathing tubes used by miners and workmen in areas that contain toxic fumes.

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