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English
Etymology
respirator + -naut
Noun
responaut (plural responauts)
- (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.
Translations
patient who depends on respirator