HOW TO PRONOUNCE
respirator
/ˈɹɛspɚˌeɪtɚ/
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What does respirator mean?
noun
- A device to assist breathing.
- A face mask with an integrated filter or filters to keep out harmful dusts, fumes, and mists.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹɛspɚˌeɪtɚ/
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It was thought that the particulate form of the smoke would penetrate a respirator designed purely to hold up vapours and gases.
She is carefully wrapped up in cloaks, shawls, etc. A hood is over her head, a respirator in her mouth, and galoshes on her feet.
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Dr. Kane in his account of the second Grinnell Expedition says that the Esquimaux in severe weather carry a fox-tail tied to the neck, which they use as a respirator by holding the tip of the tail between their teeth.
You will quickly gain in weight, and after a month or two you may commence on solid foods partly, choosing such articles as the Salisbury steak (see treatment for obesity), pure cod liver oil, sweet cream, eggs, toasted whole wheat bread, etc. Ten drops of beechwood creosote morning and night, on a fifty cent respirator, is all the drug treatment necessary, or useful.