iron lung
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iron lung
noun iron lungs
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A pneumonic device for assisted breathing.
To a polio victim who can no longer breathe for himself nothing is more disheartening than the thought of spending every hour of his life flat on his back in an iron lung.
Similar: negative pressure ventilator
- A bung; a bribe. Most criminal cases, when I was practising, were paid for by SLAB, which kept a vice-like grip on the purse strings, paying a pittance no self-respecting plumber would get out of bed for, so an iron lung (bung) was the order of the day when dealing with the professionals of the underworld.
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noun a pneumonic device for assisted breathing
| Español | pulmón de acero, ventilador de presión negativa, pulmotor |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 鉄の肺 tetsu no hai |
| 中文 | 鐵肺 /铁肺 tiěfèi |
| Kiswahili | pafu la chuma |
| Français | poumon d'acier |
| Deutsch | eiserne Lunge |
| Română | plămân de oțel |
| Русский | аппара́т иску́сственного дыха́ния apparát iskússtvennovo dyxánija, аппара́т иску́сственной вентиля́ции лёгких apparát iskússtvennoj ventiljácii ljóxkix, желе́зное лёгкое želéznoje ljóxkoje |
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title = {iron lung},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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