📚 noun • entry_id 27228
iron lung
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pulmotor • pulmón de acero • ventilador de presión negativa
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.
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