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[ ven -tl-ey-ter ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈvɛn tlˌeɪ tər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a person or thing that ventilates.
a contrivance or opening for replacing foul or stagnant air with fresh air.
Medicine/Medical . an apparatus to produce artificial respiration, moving air into and out of a patient’s lungs: The patient presented with signs of respiratory failure and was placed immediately on a ventilator.
Origin of ventilator First recorded in 1735–45; ventilat(e) + -or2
Words nearby ventilator ventilate, ventilation, ventilationist, ventilation-perfusion scan, ventilative, ventilator , Ventnor City, Ventolin, vent one's spleen, ventose, ventouse
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Example sentences from the Web for ventilator They want money, not to shut off the ventilator of a particular patient.
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“Sometimes you might withdraw a ventilator in cases of very severe and permanent neurological damage,” Joffe said.
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He lectured the witness that the location of two ventilator fans was very important “because it will show you are lying.”
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He is paralyzed, breathes through a ventilator , and communicates via a sophisticated computer.
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Early signs indicate the windpipe is working, Hannah's doctors announced Tuesday, although she is still on a ventilator .
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The oven is provided with a ventilator , which carries off the odour of baked or roasted meats.
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Olga Obosky was well forward, seated on the edge of a partially wrecked skylight and ventilator .
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But even if it stood open it would hardly occur to any one to try the screws of the ventilator one after another.
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He left the curve in the machine, closed the ventilator in the wall over his desk, and turned on the burglar alarm.
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As they drew near he perceived that it was a large ship's ventilator .
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British Dictionary definitions for ventilator noun an opening or device, such as a fan, used to ventilate a room, building, etc
med a machine that maintains a flow of air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe normally
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Medical definitions for ventilator The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.