Meaning

2 senses
  1. A device to assist breathing.

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    респира́торrespirátor

    респіра́торrespirátor

    a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration

  2. A device to assist breathing.

    A face mask with an integrated filter or filters to keep out harmful dusts, fumes, and mists.

    Any N95 respirator is designed to filter out 95 percent of particles 0.3 microns or larger.

    The painters in the paint booth were wearing the kind of respirators with dual filter canisters.

    a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom is hooked up to a respirator.

    ruТом подключен к аппарату искусственного дыхания.

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  2. Sami woke up on a respirator.

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  3. People cannot breathe properly through the respirators.

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  4. The respirators required a doctor and several assistants to place a tube down a patient's windpipe.

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  5. Dan disconnected Linda from her respirator.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
device to allow breathing:
Русский
By meaning 1
device to allow breathing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device to allow breathing:

Origin

From respirate + -or.

From respirate + -or.

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Forms

plural: respirators
Singularrespirator
Pluralrespirators

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration:inhalator
  • a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases:gasmaskgas helmet

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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