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

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oxygen tent

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 Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2011

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

The Premiership player of the year had been sleeping in an oxygen tent in the hope of speeding up his recovery from a hairline leg fracture.

From BBC ● May 18, 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