Definition of Aeroscope

1. Noun. A device used to collect dust particles, spores etc from the air for subsequent analysis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aeroscope

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Aeroscope

1. An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc, suspended in the air. Origin: Aero- + Gr. To look out. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aeroscope

aeropiesotherapy
aeroplane
aeroplanes
aeroplankton
aeroplethysmograph
aeropleustic
aeroponic
aeroponics
aeroport
aeroports
aeropulse
aeropulses
aeros
aerosat
aerosats
aeroscope (current term)
aeroscopes
aeroscopy
aerose
aeroshell
aerosialophagy
aerosiderite
aerosiderites
aerosil
aerosils
aerosinusitis
aerosis
aerosol
aerosol bomb
aerosol can

Literary usage of Aeroscope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A handbook of hygiene and sanitary science by George Wilson (1877)
"The aeroscope invented by Pouchet consists of a funnel-shaped tube, ending in a fine point, beneath which is placed a slip of glass moistened with glycerine ..."

2. Bacteriology and Mycology of Foods by Fred Wilbur Tanner (1919)
"This method involves the use of the aeroscope, which is regarded as an apparatus for gathering bacteria from the air. The other accessories to the procedure ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"A second plate, from washing the aeroscope and test-tube, should, ... In plate pouring the aeroscope is simpler and contamination is not so easy. ..."

4. Apparatus & Supplies for Chemical & Biological Laboratories by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1904)
"aeroscope, Hesse's. For quantitative examination of air. ... aeroscope, Sedgwick-Tucker's. For collecting bacteria from a measured quantity of air by ..."

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