Responaut

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A patient who depends on a respirator in order to breathe.

    "Those responauts with severe respiratory impairment (Grade IV) have three times as much machine maintenance as the other responauts."

Example

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"Those responauts with severe respiratory impairment (Grade IV) have three times as much machine maintenance as the other responauts."

Etymology

From respirator + -naut.

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