oxygen tent

American  

noun

1. a small tentlike canopy placed over a sick person for delivering and maintaining a flow of oxygen at critical periods.

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oxygen tent British  

noun

1. med a transparent enclosure covering a bedridden patient, into which oxygen is released to help maintain respiration

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Etymology

Origin of oxygen tent

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

But Beckham made a remarkable recovery following treatment in an oxygen tent to lead his side to the quarter-finals, where they were beaten 2-1 by eventual winners Brazil.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2022

As I lay in an oxygen tent in the intensive care unit, I had a drainage tube connected to my lungs.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2020

Though graced with a wonderfully sweet boy-girl romance, “50/50” is, like the comedian Tom Green’s 2001 cancer special on MTV, a spiky elbow in the oxygen tent, decidedly more graphic and blunt than other works.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2011

Tiny animals can sometimes be saved by using the mask as an "oxygen tent."

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2011

I thought Dad might be under an oxygen tent or lying in a bed coughing up blood into a white handkerchief, but after a minute, he came hurrying down the hall.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls