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Definition of Iron lung
1. Noun. Respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respiration.
Definition of Iron lung
1. Noun. A pneumonic device for assisted breathing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Iron lung
1. A mechanical respirator in which the body except the head is encased within a metal tank, which is sealed at the neck with an airtight gasket; artificial respiration is induced by making the air pressure inside negative. Synonym: iron lung, tank respirator. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iron Lung
Literary usage of Iron lung
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell (1901)
"The first case of a " red iron lung " was observed by Zenker, in a girl who had
inhaled a thick dust of iron for ten or twelve hours a day. ..."
2. A Text-book of Pathology and Pathological Anatomy by Hans Schmaus, James Ewing (1902)
"The color of the iron lung depends upon the chemical compound present; red oxide
gives a red lung, black oxide and phosphate of iron a black lung. ..."
3. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Pathological Museum of the Middlesex Hospital by James Kingston Fowler, John Bland-Sutton, Middlesex Hospital Medical School Museum (1884)
"1288. Pigmented and indurated Lung, from an iron-worker. 1289. Pigmented and
indurated Lung (iron-lung), from a looking-glass polisher. ..."
4. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell (1901)
"The first case of a " red iron lung " was observed by Zenker, in a girl who had
inhaled a thick dust of iron for ten or twelve hours a day. ..."
5. A Text-book of Pathology and Pathological Anatomy by Hans Schmaus, James Ewing (1902)
"The color of the iron lung depends upon the chemical compound present; red oxide
gives a red lung, black oxide and phosphate of iron a black lung. ..."
6. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Pathological Museum of the Middlesex Hospital by James Kingston Fowler, John Bland-Sutton, Middlesex Hospital Medical School Museum (1884)
"1288. Pigmented and indurated Lung, from an iron-worker. 1289. Pigmented and
indurated Lung (iron-lung), from a looking-glass polisher. ..."
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