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tank ventilator

tank ventilator noun: a type of medical ventilator, using negative pressure ventilation.

Noun

tank ventilator (plural tank ventilators)

  1. A type of medical ventilator, using negative pressure ventilation.

Forms of tank ventilator

pluraltank ventilators

Origin of tank ventilator

From having a patient being entombed in a pressure tank to help them breathe (“ventilate”).

Questions about tank ventilator

What does tank ventilator mean?
Tank ventilator means a type of medical ventilator, using negative pressure ventilation.
What part of speech is tank ventilator?
Tank ventilator is a noun.
What is the plural of tank ventilator?
The plural of tank ventilator is tank ventilators.

Words near tank ventilator in the dictionary

  1. tank trap
  2. tank traps
  3. tank truck
  4. tank trucks
  5. tank up
  6. tank ventilator
  7. tank ventilators
  8. tank wagon
  9. tank wagons
  10. tank-destroyer
  11. tank-destroyers

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