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iron lung
n.
An airtight metal tank that encloses all of the body except the head and forces the lungs to inhale and exhale through regulated changes in air pressure.
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iron lung
n
1. (Medicine) an airtight metal cylinder enclosing the entire body up to the neck and providing artificial respiration when the respiratory muscles are paralysed, as by poliomyelitis
2. informal Irish a gas container used in dispensing beer
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i′ron lung′
n.
a rigid respirator that encloses the whole body except the head and in which alternate pulsations of high and low pressure induce normal breathing movements or force air into and out of the lungs.
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| Noun | 1. |  iron lung - respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respirationinhalator, respirator - a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration |
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
iron lung
n. pulmón de hierro, máquina que se usa para producir respiración artificial.
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