responaut

English

Etymology

From respirator +‎ -naut.

Noun

responaut (plural responauts)

  1. (medicine) A patient who depends on a respirator in order to breathe.
    • 1974, Dennis Lees, Stella Shaw, Impairment, Disability and Handicap: A Multi-disciplinary View:
      Those responauts with severe respiratory impairment (Grade IV) have three times as much machine maintenance as the other responauts.

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