responaut
/ˈrɛspənɔːt/British Medicine. Now chiefly historical
noun
A person permanently dependent upon a ventilator (artificial respirator) to maintain breathing.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in The Sunday Times. From resp- + -o- + -naut.
- nominalizer
- nominal ledger
- nominally
- nominal relative
- nominal relative clause
- nominal species
- nominal taxon
- nominal value
- nominate
- nominated Parliament
- nominately
- nominate species
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- nomination
- nomination borough
- nominative
- nominative absolute
- nominative case
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- nominativus pendens
- nominator
- nominatum
- no-mind
- no-mindness
- nominee