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ventilator
[ven-tl-ey-ter]
noun
a person or thing that ventilates.
a contrivance or opening for replacing foul or stagnant air with fresh air.
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
an opening or device, such as a fan, used to ventilate a room, building, etc
med a machine that maintains a flow of air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe normally
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ventilator1
Example Sentences
Jack was put on a ventilator and moved into intensive care.
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.
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.
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.
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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