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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, breath, breath of air, breathing, broken wind, cough, exhalation, expiration, exsufflation, gasp, gulp, hack, hiccup, inhalation, inhalator, inspiration, insufflation, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, puff, respiration, resuscitator, scuba, sigh, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snoring, snuff, snuffle, sternutation, stertor, suspiration, wheeze, wind

Dictionary Results for iron lung:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

iron lung
    n 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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

iron lung \i"ron lung"\, n.
   A steel chamber, usually cylindrical, enclosing the entire
   body of a person except for the head, used to assist
   respiration for people suffering from disease, especially
   poliomyelitis. A reciprocating piston at the end causes
   alternating high and low pressure inside, which forces or
   assists the breathing of the patient within.
   [PJC]

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