Medical Definition of Assisted respiration

1. Application of mechanically or manually generated positive pressure to gas(es) in or about the airway during inhalation as a means of augmenting movement of gases into the lungs. Synonym: assisted respiration. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Assisted Respiration

assist
assist-control ventilation
assistance
assistances
assistant
assistants
assistantship
assistantships
assistant foreman
assistant professor
assisted
assisted cephalic delivery
assisted circulation
assisted mechanical ventilation
assisted reproductive technology
assisted respiration (current term)
assisted suicide
assisted ventilation
assister
assisters
assisting
assistive
assistive device
assistive movement
assistor
assistors
assists
assize
assized
assizer

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