responaut
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.
- 1974, Dennis Lees, Stella Shaw, Impairment, Disability and Handicap: A Multi-disciplinary View