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respirator

[ res-puh-rey-ter ]

noun

  1. a masklike device, usually of nonwoven fibrous materials, as fiberglass paper, wool felt, or polypropylene, worn over the mouth, or nose and mouth, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, pathogens, or the like:

    Respirators are essential protective equipment for healthcare providers during an outbreak.

  2. Medicine/Medical. ventilator ( def 3 ).
  3. British. gas mask.


respirator

/ ˈrɛspəˌreɪtə /

noun

  1. an apparatus for providing long-term artificial respiration
  2. Also calledgas mask a device worn over the mouth and nose to prevent inhalation of noxious fumes or to warm cold air before it is breathed


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Word History and Origins

Origin of respirator1

First recorded in 1835–40; from Latin respīrāt(us), past participle of respīrāre “to recover one's breath” + -or agent suffix; respire, -or 2

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Example Sentences

First, respirator masks remain in short supply—even some health care facilities are still having trouble getting enough of them.

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Surgical masks are more likely than respirator masks to have gaps big enough to allow air to leak through the side.

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Michael Bowen is executive vice president of Prestige Ameritech in North Richland Hills, Texas, a maker of surgical masks and respirators.

You could sand off the paint while protecting your lungs with a high-quality disposable respirator.

Then 49, Topper started Alta after recovering from a fire at his home that left him on a respirator, with third-degree burns over 70% of his body.

“Republican Cuts Kill” is printed across the screen, with the only sound a person struggling to breathe through a respirator.

“I used gloves and a respirator, and protective clothing,” he says.

Ortega is in stable but critical condition on a respirator at Weill Cornell Medical Center.

But Carina Melchior did not die after her respirator was removed.

Instead, Anderson slipped into a coma and later died when his mother took him off a respirator on April 13.

He slipped a respirator over his head and moved into the corridor.

Then he got up, readjusted his handkerchief-respirator and mumbled that it was cerebro-spinal-something.

This was the type of respirator in use to the end of the fighting.

The use of an ori-nasal respirator of cotton wool has also been suggested.

The feet of the first rests on two grotesque human heads, probably Infidels; the second wears a mouth guard like a respirator.

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