ventilator
[ven-tl-ey-ter]
- a person or thing that ventilates.
- a contrivance or opening for replacing foul or stagnant air with fresh air.
- Medicine/Medical. a respirator.
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Origin of ventilator
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Contemporary Examples
They want money, not to shut off the ventilator of a particular patient.
“Sometimes you might withdraw a ventilator in cases of very severe and permanent neurological damage,” Joffe said.
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November 4, 2014
He lectured the witness that the location of two ventilator fans was very important “because it will show you are lying.”
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He is paralyzed, breathes through a ventilator, and communicates via a sophisticated computer.
Early signs indicate the windpipe is working, Hannah's doctors announced Tuesday, although she is still on a ventilator.
Historical Examples
As there was no window or other ventilator, and it was a warm day, I could not close the door.
A Woman who went to AlaskaMay Kellogg Sullivan
They came to her clearly through the ventilator above the fanlight.
The Green RustEdgar Wallace
“No; lower all down through the ventilator,” cried Mark, from where he had walked.
The Black BarGeorge Manville Fenn
"No more," repeated Hewitt, rattling his stick in the ventilator again.
The Red TriangleArthur Morrison
As they drew near he perceived that it was a large ship's ventilator.
ventilator
- an opening or device, such as a fan, used to ventilate a room, building, etc
- med a machine that maintains a flow of air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe normally
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Word Origin and History for ventilator
n.
1743, agent noun from ventilate. Latin ventilator meant "a winnower."
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