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Iron lung   /ˈaɪərn ləŋ/   Listen
Iron lung

noun
1.
Respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respiration.





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... Nema. Usually there was also the stout figure of Ser Perth. Sometimes he saw Sather Karf or some other older man working with strange equipment, or with things that looked like familiar hypodermics and medical equipment. Once they had an iron lung around him and there was a thin wisp ...
— The Sky Is Falling • Lester del Rey


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