pulmonary docimasia
A medical examination of a dead baby's lungs using a microscope, to determine whether…A medical examination of a dead baby's lungs using a microscope, to determine whether air had entered them, and thus whether it was a case of infanticide.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, uncountable)A medical examination of a dead baby's lungs using a microscope, to determine whether air had entered them, and thus whether it was a case of infanticide.
Synonyms
2 synonymslung float testhydrostatic test
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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