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ventilator

[ven-tl-ey-ter]

noun

  1. a person or thing that ventilates.

  2. a contrivance or opening for replacing foul or stagnant air with fresh air.

  3. Medicine/Medical.an apparatus to produce artificial respiration, moving air into and out of a patient’s lungs.

    The patient presented with signs of respiratory failure and was placed immediately on a ventilator.



ventilator

/ ˈɛԳɪˌɪə /

noun

  1. an opening or device, such as a fan, used to ventilate a room, building, etc

  2. med a machine that maintains a flow of air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe normally

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ventilator1

First recorded in 1735–45; ventilat(e) + -or 2
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Jack was put on a ventilator and moved into intensive care.

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It referenced a recent report that found that only half of all ventilators in government hospitals were functional and that capital Patna had just one government doctor for 11,541 people.

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Local police have suggested the woman, who suffered from a lung condition, died after the ventilator she was using lost power during the outage, according to media reports.

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They had been filled with donated medical equipment from NHS organisations across London and had included ventilators, syringe pumps, tourniquets, wound dressings, blizzard blankets and personal protective equipment.

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Freeman’s son Max woke up with a limp one day in July and, by the end of the day, was in a hospital and on a ventilator.

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