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iron lung

NOUN
artificial lung
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Lane spent the next several months in an iron lung.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

That led his parents to make the brave decision to take him and his iron lung home, to live out his days in peace.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

After an emergency tracheostomy operation, he was unable to breathe without the iron lung machine that now encased his small body.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

Watch: Philip Alexander remembers his brother, 'the man in the iron lung'

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

My head sticks out the end of the iron lung.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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