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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 moments of desperation like these, Paul had access to more portable breathing devices, which used a different sort of technology to the iron lung.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

The iron lung uses a negative pressure system.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

In 2015, his iron lung began to leak.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

Cootie spent a year inside an iron lung that breathed for him, and he’d been in and out of hospitals ever since.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot