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responaut|ˈrɛspəʊnɔːt|
[Irreg. f. respirator + Gr. ναύτ-ης sailor, after astronaut, etc.]
A person dependent upon a mechanical respirator to maintain breathing.
1964Sunday Times 12 Jan. 18/5 The story of the ‘responaut’ Ann Armstrong as told by Moira Keenan was an enthralling one. 1964Med. Officer 7 Aug. 97/2 A new group of severely disabled people. This group, calling themselves Responauts (because they share similar problems with astronauts and oceanauts in establishing and maintaining communications and vital air supplies) are young people whose lives have been saved through the invention and use of the first artificial organ—an iron lung or mechanical respirator—following a severe attack of respiratory polio. 1965Daily Mirror 30 Dec. 12/2 The Responaut..—a quarterly magazine Ann edits for people like herself who need a breathing machine to keep alive. People the doctors call ‘responauts’. 1969Guardian 22 Sept. 7/2 Responauts don't have to be chained to their apparatus in a hospital ward. 197947th Ann. Rep. Pilgrim Trust 1977 23 The Refresh Trust was formed in 1972..for the purpose of building and equipping a place where a few responauts could safely have a holiday. |