BiPAP

BiPAP

English

Noun

BiPAP (plural BiPAPs)

1. (medicine) Acronym of bilevel positive airway pressure. (BiPAP ventilation)
2. (by extension) a bilevel positive airway pressure machine, a BiPAP device

Hypernyms

• NIV (“non-invasive ventilation”)
• NPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)
• NIPPV (“non-invasive positive pressure ventilation”)
• PAP (“positive airway pressure”)
• PPV (“positive pressure ventilation”)

Related terms

• PAP (“positive airway pressure”)
• CPAP (“continuous positive airway pressure”)
• IPAP (“inhalation positive airway pressure”)
• EPAP (“exhalation positive airway pressure”)