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iron lung

DEFINITIONS OF: iron lung

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n 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

Type of:
inhalator, respirator
a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration
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