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iron lung

NOUN
artificial lung
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Lane spent the next several months in an iron lung.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

In 2015, his iron lung began to leak.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

Watch: Philip Alexander remembers his brother, 'the man in the iron lung'

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

His parents helped Paul move in with his iron lung, and then he was on his own - with limited help at first, after the carer he had hired failed to show up.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

Cordelia in an iron lung, then, being breathed, as an accor- dian is played.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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