pressurized suit

American  

noun

Aerospace.

1. an airtight suit that can be inflated to maintain approximately normal atmospheric pressure on a person in space or at high altitudes.

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Etymology

Origin of pressurized suit

First recorded in 1955–60

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pressurized suit

They also wear a hooded pressurized suit, fully zipped, that is connected at the small of their back to a hose that pumps in HEPA-filtered air drawn from outside the building.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021

Goodrich tire company in Ohio to create a pressurized suit that could withstand extreme temperatures and a weightless environment.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2017

And if you watch the video, you hear his ground crew tell him to disconnect the two oxygen supply hoses attached to his pressurized suit.

From Time ● May 19, 2015

As the Red Bull Stratos site notes, Baumgartner’s jump is being done from such a high altitude that he will need the pressurized suit to prevent adverse health effects, including boiling of the blood.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2012

A space egg had smashed through the cockpit Plexi-glass and then pierced his pressurized suit.

From Ten From Infinity by Fairman, Paul W.