oxygen tent
noun
a small tentlike canopy placed over a sick person for delivering and maintaining a flow of oxygen at critical periods.
Origin of oxygen tent
1First recorded in 1920–25
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How to use oxygen tent in a sentence
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.
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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