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respirator
1. n. 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.

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I thought she died when they took her off the respirator.

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