Synonyms for respirator
ˈrɛs pəˌreɪ tərres·pi·ra·tor

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1. respiratornoun

   Synonyms:
   ventilator

2. respiratornoun

   A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.

   The house painters were each officially required to wear a respirator, but this was sometimes disregarded in the extreme heat.

   Synonyms:
   ventilator

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1. respirator, inhalatornoun

   a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration

   Synonyms:
   inhalator, gas helmet, gasmask, inhaler

2. gasmask, respirator, gas helmetnoun

   a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases

   Synonyms:
   inhalator, gas helmet, gasmask

Matched Categories

1. • Breathing Device
   • Mask

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1. List of paraphrases for "respirator":

   ventilator, breathing, mask

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1. Ashish Jha:

   Possibly a shortage of gloves, respirator masks and ventilators for people who develop pneumonia, and a shortage of doctors and nurses if they become ill.

2. Dave Hnida:

   Specifically what we're saying is that two masks may actually equal the protection you would get from N-95 masks, which is considered the best mask there is short of a complete respirator-type unit.

3. Wayne Thomann:

   The N95 respirator is the most appropriate respiratory protection for patient care personnel attending Covid-19 patients, particularly performing aerosol-producing procedures on those patients, reprocessing helps us ensure they will have the best PPE to protect them.

4. Connie Taylor:

   I wasn't getting any better, they called my daughters out to the hallway one day and told them that if I didn't improve my breathing, they was gonna put me on the respirator and they did not know how long I would last.

5. Rod Robinson:

   We try to do our best to limit that pressure, but to get adequate ventilation for stiff lungs, we have to use the respirator, and that can also cause the lungs to not develop properly.