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

She allowed frightened children to bring pet parakeets, rabbits and hamsters into the oxygen tent or radiation chamber.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2022

Before he became a haunted recluse who slept in an oxygen tent, Michael Jackson was happy to lark around backstage at the 1983 Brits.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2014

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

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