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

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Origin of oxygen tent

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby oxygen tent

oxygen-deprivation theory of narcosis, oxygen effect, oxygenize, oxygen lance, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, oxygen toxicity, oxygen weed, oxygeusia, oxyhaemoglobin, oxyheme

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Just 24 hours later, the American people were informed that their war-hero president was in an oxygen tent at Fitzsimons Army Hospital being treated by one of the best cardiologists in the country.
From Wuhan Virus to Washington Virus|Daniel Malloy|October 4, 2020|Ozy
The others are difficult to identify, since they reacted with other oxygen-bearing molecules in the soil.
Methane on Mars: Life or Just Gas?|Matthew R. Francis|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It reacts very readily with oxygen by burning smokelessly, with carbon dioxide and water as its byproducts.
Methane on Mars: Life or Just Gas?|Matthew R. Francis|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their decay proceeded without a ready supply of oxygen, producing hydrocarbons like methane instead of oxygen-bearing molecules.
Methane on Mars: Life or Just Gas?|Matthew R. Francis|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As the heart pumps blood to the far reaches of the body, it requires its own blood flow to receive vital oxygen and nutrients.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Risky Heart Surgery|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The brain, also an organ, is particularly sensitive to the loss of oxygen.
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
Two young lovers were exchanging their hearts' yearnings beneath the children's tent, which they had found unoccupied.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The children possessed themselves of the tent, and Mrs. Pontellier went over to join them.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
It was a sad day for Ramona and Alessandro when the kindly Hyers pulled up their tent-stakes and left the valley.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
They lived at first in a tent; no time to build a house, till the wheat and vegetables were planted.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for oxygen tent

oxygen tent

noun

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

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Medical definitions for oxygen tent

oxygen tent

n.

A canopy placed over the head and shoulders or over the entire body of a patient to provide oxygen at a higher level than normal.

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