| 单词 | artificial respirator |
| 释义 | > as lemmasartificial respirator 5. Medicine. An apparatus for performing artificial respiration by inflating the lungs with air or oxygen; esp. (in later use) one suitable for prolonged use; = ventilator n. 1e. Also artificial respirator. Cf. iron lung n. 2, pulmotor n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > life-supporting equipment > [noun] > breathing equipment resuscitator1831 artificial lung1844 respirator1854 inhaler1864 Fleuss1882 bottle1888 tent1892 pulmotor1910 oxygen mask1920 oxygen tent1925 inhalator1929 iron lung1930 cuirass1939 cuirass respirator1939 breathing apparatus1940 Ambu1960 ventilator1961 1854 W. Marcet in Med. Times & Gaz. 22 Apr. 403/2 I have every reason to hope that the artificial respirator I have just described will be found better suited to practical applications than any other previously invented. 1916 Pop. Mech. May 683/1 An artificial respirator for infants..is now coming into use. 1929 P. Drinker & C. F. McKhann in Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 May 1659/2 (caption) The mechanical respirator, showing patient ready to be pushed into the tank. 1966 D. M. Dunlop & S. Alstead Textbk. Med. Treatm. (ed. 10) 941 The action of all positive pressure respirators (or ventilators, as they are more correctly described) is to produce inflation of the lungs at a rate of 14 to 20 cycles per minute, expiration being allowed to occur passively. 1977 C. Storr Tales from Psychiatrist's Couch xi. 118 His respiratory muscles were working again and he was out of the respirator for large parts of the day. 2005 New Yorker 10 Jan. 32/1 The boy was intubated and placed on a respirator. < as lemmas |
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