isolation tank
noun
A tank in which an individual is isolated from others; (in later use) specifically a special light-proof, sound-proof tank in which a person may float in a buoyant salt solution heated to body temperature, in order to achieve sensory deprivation and hence relaxation.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in The New York Times Magazine.
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