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ventilatory

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[ven-tuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈvɛn tə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

  1. of or relating to ventilation, especially the respiratory system's provision of air to the lungs and the oxygenation of blood.


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Of the 10 people who were infected, eight experienced hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, five required intensive care with ventilatory support, and three died.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2025

She knows and accepts that she would need to be weaned off ventilatory support before she was able to live outside the unit - it remains her goal to try.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2023

Solana Walkinshaw said rationing care may include dialysis and “specialized ventilatory support.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021

“They might be putting him on some other form of noninvasive ventilatory support,” she said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2020

He was wearing a hat with several ventilatory holes on the summit of the crown.

From Forty Years of 'Spy' by Ward, Leslie

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