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ventilator

[ven-tl-ey-ter] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪ tər /




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A strict isolation facility has one bed fully equipped to deal with infectious diseases, complete with testing kit and a ventilator.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Those with severe breathing difficulties might need to be placed on a ventilator.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Garfield went on to spend 64 days — 31 of them on a ventilator — fighting to recover from COVID-19 at Providence St. John’s Hospital, where he was known as “Patient Zero.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Li, who suffers from a genetic degenerative condition that progressively weakens muscles, relies on a ventilator permanently connected to his windpipe to breathe, but grows celery with the help of his 62-year-old mother.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Billy Pilgrim was lying at an angle on the corner-brace, self-crucified, holding himself there with a blue and ivory claw hooked over the sill of the ventilator.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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