iron lung

3 definitions found

iron lung - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  iron lung \i"ron lung"\, n.
     A steel chamber, usually cylindrical, enclosing the entire
     body of a person except for the head, used to assist
     respiration for people suffering from disease, especially
     poliomyelitis. A reciprocating piston at the end causes
     alternating high and low pressure inside, which forces or
     assists the breathing of the patient within.
     [PJC]

iron lung - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  iron lung
      n 1: 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

iron lung - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "iron lung":
     Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze,
     breath, breath of air, breathing, broken wind, cough, exhalation,
     expiration, exsufflation, gasp, gulp, hack, hiccup, inhalation,
     inhalator, inspiration, insufflation, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
     oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, puff, respiration, resuscitator,
     scuba, sigh, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snoring, snuff,
     snuffle, sternutation, stertor, suspiration, wheeze, wind