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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

He was initially placed in an iron lung.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

He helped Paul move apartments when needed, and serviced the iron lung regularly: "It was always a pleasure to be around Paul - he had a very upbeat and positive attitude."

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

When he died recently at the age of 78, Paul had spent more than seven decades using his iron lung, longer than anyone else in history.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

You could get polio without knowing how or where, end up in an iron lung without knowing why.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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