gas maskn.
/ˈɡas ˌmɑːsk/, /ˈɡas ˌmask/, U.S. /ˈɡæs ˌmæsk/ 1. Medicine. A mask through which anaesthetic gas is supplied, worn by a patient undergoing anaesthesia.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > other miscellaneous equipment
wresting thread1616
tractors1798
tetanomotor1860
examining table1877
wire instrumenta1884
wristband1884
nasal spray1888
mackintosh sheet1889
gas mask1892
bath-bed1894
inspissator1897
Murphy's button1899
trembling-chair1899
solenoid1901
sunray1921
oxygenator1928
white cane1930
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microdrive1955
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1892 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 June 1388/1 I made a small air pad from thin rubber dam, with blow-up tap (like those we use on our nitrous oxide gas masks).
1934 Pop. Sci. June 116/2 Gone in many cases are the ether cone and the gas mask during the operative procedure.
1974 Jrnl. Neurol. Sci. 22 417 Scattered reports of unilateral visual loss related to ocular pressure during gas mask anesthesia appeared between 1948 and 1953.
2011 Hormones & Behaviour 59 3/1 A gas mask was placed over the nose and mouth to maintain anaesthesia.
2. A mask worn to provide protection against poisonous gas.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > means of protection or defence > device or contrivance to protect a thing or person > protection worn on face > respirator
mouthpiece1790
nosebag1834
respirator1836
inhaler1864
smoke respirator1866
aerophore1876
open circuit1876
inspirator1898
muzzle1899
smoke helmet1900
gas helmet1910
gas mask1915
mask1915
oxygen mask1920
inhalator1929
closed circuit1953
1915 Gravity (Iowa) Independent 18 Mar. We had enough gas to smother the German army. On the defensive side the government had developed the best gas mask known.
1939 Life 2 Oct. 22/1 The groom, on special leave to get married, wore his helmet and carried his gas mask.
1971 Daily Tel. 13 Sept. 1/5 Following an appeal to the rioters to free their captives, guards in watchtowers began putting on gas masks.
1991 N.Y. Mag. 4 Feb. 19/1 I watched a girl—eight or nine years old—struggle to pull her gas mask on.
2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 113 Widespread fears of bioterrorism..led to a dramatic run on gas masks, torch batteries, bottled water.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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