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Noun Concept
Categories: Poliomyelitis, Medical pumps, Mechanical ventilation, Articles with short description, Respiratory therapy
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iron lung  pulmotor  cuirass ventilator  Drinker respirator  Drinker tank
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Respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respiration WordNet 3.0
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Respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respiration WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An iron lung is a type of negative pressure ventilator, a mechanical respirator which encloses most of a person's body, and varies the air pressure in the enclosed space, to stimulate breathing. Wikipedia
Colloquial name for a negative pressure ventilator. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Type of negative pressure mechanical respirators Wikidata
An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen and/or air into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, etc. Wiktionary
IS A
respirator
breathing device
negative pressure ventilator
HAS KIND
Both respirator
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Philip Drinker
Louis Agassiz Shaw, Jr.
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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iron lung
Wikipedia
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iron lung
Wikidata
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iron lung
Wiktionary
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pulmotor
Wikipedia Redirections
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cuirass ventilator, Drinker respirator, Drinker tank, iron lungs, Tank ventilator
Wikidata Alias
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Drinker tank, Emerson respirator, iron lung, pulmotor, tank ventilator

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