Aqua-Lung

or Aq·ua Lung

[ ak-wuh-luhng, ah-kwuh- ]

/ ˈæk wəˌlʌŋ, ˈɑ kwə- /

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a brand of underwater breathing apparatus for a swimmer or skin-diver, consisting of a cylinder of compressed air that is strapped to the back, a flexible tube connecting the cylinder with the swimmer's mouth, and an automatic pressure regulator that controls the flow of air into the lungs.

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Words nearby Aqua-Lung

aquaerobics, aquafaba, aquafarm, aquafitness, aqua fortis, Aqua-Lung, aquamanile, aquamarine, aquanaut, aquaphobia, aquaplane

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How to use Aqua-Lung in a sentence

I am always sick because of the cold and I have suffered constant lung infections over the past several months.
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Eight days later their bassist, Gerard Smith, passed away from lung cancer.
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The bullet entered the left side of his chest, hit his heart and settled in his lung.
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He decided to write his book four years ago, after he was hospitalized with a near-fatal lung condition.
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While casual exercisers might not notice any difference in lung capacity, intense gym-goers might feel the effects of an e-cig.
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Frequently they are found in alveolar arrangement, retaining the original outline of the alveoli of the lung (Fig. 4, b).
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It, or a similar bacillus, is sometimes found in the sputum of gangrene of the lung.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Tuberculous pleurisy due to direct extension from the lung may give excess of polymorphonuclears owing to mixed infection.
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Owen says that the thymus appears in vertebrates with the establishment of the lung as the main or exclusive respiratory organ.
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He had been a bachelor with an inventive turn of mind and only one lung when he met the Widow Chisholme at the Springs.
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British Dictionary definitions for Aqua-Lung

aqualung

/ (ˈækwəˌlʌŋ) /

noun

breathing apparatus used by divers, etc, consisting of a mouthpiece attached to air cylinders strapped to the back

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