aerophore

noun5

1. •
   Aerophore pulmonaire; a respirator for use with neonates and small animals developed by French obstetrician Gairal in 1879.

   • The Aerophore was attached as soon as respiration ceased and was continued for three minutes at which time the animal began to breathe spontaneously. — 1944
2. •
   (historical) A nineteenth-century device with breathing tubes used by miners and workmen in areas that contain toxic fumes.
3. •
   (historical) A predecessor of the aqualung, invented by Benoit Rouquayrol and Auguste Denayrouze 1865

   • Predecessor of modern scuba was the 1865 aerophore invention of Rouquayrol and Denayrouze. — 1992
4. •
   A thin-walled area of the roots of some plants growing in swampy conditions through which gasses are exchanged.

   • Segments with more than 25 pairs of veins; indusium minute, ciliate. soon disappearing; a linear-attenuate brown aerophore present at base of each pinna 16. — 1977
5. •
   (historical) A predecessor of the radio, invented by Rene Homer in the early 1900s for communication between ships.

   • The aerophore will be placed in operation some time during the coming season by the Great Lakes Radio Telephone Company, in conjunction with the wireless telephone. — 1909