What does RESPIRATOR mean?

Definitions for RESPIRATOR
ˈrɛs pəˌreɪ tərres·pi·ra·tor

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. respirator, inhalatornoun

    a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration

  2. gasmask, respirator, gas helmetnoun

    a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases

Wiktionary

  1. respiratornoun

    A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.

    The house painters were each officially required to wear a respirator, but this was sometimes disregarded in the extreme heat.

ChatGPT

  1. respirator

    A respirator is a protective device or piece of safety equipment designed to protect the wearer from inhaling hazardous airborne particles, gases, vapors, or low levels of oxygen. It can cover the nose and mouth or the entire face or head. It is commonly used in various industries like health care, construction, and even by the general public during disease outbreaks. There are different types of respirators including disposable masks, half or full-face respirators, gas masks, and self-contained breathing apparatuses.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Respiratornoun

    a divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath, it tempers cold air passing through it, and may also be used for the inhalation of medicated vapors

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. respirateur.]

Wikidata

  1. Respirator

    A respirator is a device designed to protect the wearer from inhaling harmful dusts, fumes, vapors, or gases. Respirators come in a wide range of types and sizes used by the military, private industry, and the public. Respirators range from cheaper, single-use, disposable masks to reusable models with replaceable cartridges. There are two main categories: the air-purifying respirator, which forces contaminated air through a filtering element, and the air-supplied respirator, in which an alternate supply of fresh air is delivered. Within each category, different techniques are employed to reduce or eliminate noxious airborne contents.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of RESPIRATOR in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of RESPIRATOR in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of RESPIRATOR in a Sentence

  1. Wayne Thomann:

    The N95 respirator is the most appropriate respiratory protection for patient care personnel attending Covid-19 patients, particularly performing aerosol-producing procedures on those patients, reprocessing helps us ensure they will have the best PPE to protect them.

  2. Rod Robinson:

    We try to do our best to limit that pressure, but to get adequate ventilation for stiff lungs, we have to use the respirator, and that can also cause the lungs to not develop properly.

  3. Connie Taylor:

    I wasn't getting any better, they called my daughters out to the hallway one day and told them that if I didn't improve my breathing, they was gonna put me on the respirator and they did not know how long I would last.

  4. Ashish Jha:

    Possibly a shortage of gloves, respirator masks and ventilators for people who develop pneumonia, and a shortage of doctors and nurses if they become ill.

  5. Dave Hnida:

    Specifically what we're saying is that two masks may actually equal the protection you would get from N-95 masks, which is considered the best mask there is short of a complete respirator-type unit.

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