Iron Lung

Definition: Iron Lung

Iron Lung

Noun

1. 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.

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	Deposition of iron oxide dust in the lungs, more commonly seen in arc welders. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

An iron lung is a large machine that enables a person to breathe. Nearly the whole body, except for the head, fits into one of these machines. The machine is airtight and creates a negative pressure inside which increases the volume of the chest cavity and pulls in air through the mouth. Then the pressure inside the iron lung increases, causing the air to be expelled again.

Iron lungs were used in the past for victims of polio, a virus that paralyses muscles, including the diaphragm needed for breathing. Many polio patients used the machines only during the acute phase of the disease; the muscle action would later slowly return. Some would go on to use the machine only at night, others had to use it permanently. The first time an iron lung was used was on October 12, 1928 at Children's Hospital, Boston.

The use of iron lungs has almost completely ceased. Today, patients with paralysis of the breathing muscles use mechanical ventilators that push air into the airway with positive pressure.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Airpipe	Artificial lung, iron lung, heart and lung machine.
Life	Respirator, artificial respirator, heart and lung machine, iron lung; medical devices .
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Iron Lung

English words defined with "iron lung": siderosis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "iron lung": miners'asthma, miners'dyspnea ♦ ocher lung, ocher pneumoconiosis, ochre silicosis. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Inside the iron lung (reference) The Man in the Iron Lung (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Collection of aids used by polio victims, including the iron lung. Credit: CDC.		The iron lung encased the thoracic cavity externally in an air-tight chamber. The chamber was used to create a negative pressure around the thoracic cavity, thereby causing air to rush into the lungs to equalize intrapulmonary pressure. Credit: CDC.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "iron lung"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		pulmonal siderose (iron dust lung, iron oxide lung), kyrads-respirator (cabinet, cuirass respirator, tank), jernlunge (cabinet, cuirass respirator, siderosis, siderotic pneumoconiosis, tank). (various references)

Dutch		ijzerstoflong (iron dust lung, iron oxide lung), ijzeroxide long (iron dust lung, iron oxide lung), ijzeren long (cabinet, cuirass respirator, tank), stalen long (cabinet, cuirass respirator, tank), siderose (iron dust lung, iron oxide lung, siderosis), respirator van Drinker (cabinet, cuirass respirator, tank), longsiderose (iron dust lung, iron oxide lung, siderosis, siderotic pneumoconiosis), kunstlong (cabinet, cuirass respirator, tank). (various references)

Finnish		rautapölykeuhko (iron dust lung, iron oxide lung). (various references)

French		poumon d'acier. (various references)

German		eiserne Lunge (lung), Cuirass-Ventilator (cabinet, cuirass respirator, tank). (various references)

Greek		πνεύμονας από ατσάλι (cabinet, cuirass respirator, tank), πνευμονοθώρακας (cabinet, cuirass respirator, tank). (various references)

Hungarian		vastüdő (artificial lung). (various references)

Italian		polmone di acciaio (cabinet, cuirass respirator, tank), polmone d'acciaio (cabinet, cuirass respirator, tank). (various references)

Manx		scowan yiarn. (various references)

Pig Latin		ironay unglay

Portuguese		pulmão de aço (cabinet, cuirass respirator, tank). (various references)

Russian		аппарат для искусственного дыхания. (various references)

Spanish		pulmón de acero (pulmotor), pulmón artificial (cabinet, cuirass respirator, tank). (various references)

Swedish		sideros (iron dust lung, iron oxide lung), järndammslunga (iron dust lung, iron oxide lung). (various references)

Turkish		yapay akciğer. (various references)

Vietnamese		phổi nhân tạo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-i-l-n-n-o-r-u"
	-1 letter: grunion, linuron, louring, nurling.
	-2 letters: luring, ruling.
	-3 letters: giron, gluon, groin, guiro, inurn, lingo, lungi, ruing, union, unrig.
	-4 letters: girl, girn, giro, grin, iglu, inro, iron, ling, linn, lino, lion, loin, long, lorn, lour, lung, noil, noir, nori, noun, nurl, ring, roil, ruin, rung.
	-5 letters: gin, gnu, gor, gul, gun, inn, ion, lin, log, lug.
	Words containing the letters "g-i-l-n-n-o-r-u"
	+1 letter: nonruling, unrolling.
	+2 letters: groundling, mourningly, purloining, unoriginal.
	+3 letters: clangouring, floundering, granulation, groundlings, nonsurgical, outlearning, unignorable, unsoldering.
	+4 letters: fluorinating, granulations, journalizing, nonreligious, resoundingly, undercooling, urinogenital, volunteering.
	+5 letters: bildungsroman, degranulation, encouragingly, grandiloquent, incongruently, incongruously, nonregulation, outgeneraling, overindulgent, overindulging, reinoculating, strangulation, triangulation, underclothing, unpromisingly, unreasoningly.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 72 6F 6E 4C 75 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01110010 01101111 01101110 00100000 01001100 01110101 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 0072 006F 006E 004C 0075 006E 0067

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43848180246878073

Non-English Dictionaries with "Iron Lung"

Language	Coverage	Language Translations
Danish	ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse	tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, датский, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, tiếng Đan-mạch
Dutch	woordenboek, definitie, translatie	hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, голландский, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b� xã"
Finnish	määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos	suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, финский, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, tiếng Phần-lan
French	dictionnaire, définition, traduction	ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, французский, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili
German	Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition	tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, �"ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, alemán, tysk, alman, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister
Greek	λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση	græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l� kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b� gi� gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm
Hungarian	szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás	ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri
Italian	dizionario, definizione, traduzione	italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan
Manx	fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght	manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili
Portuguese	dicionário, definição, tradução	portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, � ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, người B�"-đ� o-nha tiếng B�"-đ� o-nha
Russian	словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение	russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruso, ryss, Rusça, người Nga tiếng Nga
Spanish	diccionario, definición, traducción	Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca
Swedish	ordbok, lexikon, översättning	Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển
Turkish	sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme	turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ
Vietnamese	có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th� nh sự giải thích	vietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, �'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt
English	Dictionary, Definition, Translation	englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce

Expression	Frequency per Day
iron lung	82
iron lung picture	7
iron lung lyrics	5
iron lung lyrics radiohead	4
iron lung polio	4
iron lung patient	3
diaper iron lung	2
iron lung radiohead	2
in iron lung woman	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Iron Lung

Definition: Iron Lung

Iron Lung

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Iron Lung

Specialty Definition: Iron lung

Synonyms within Context: Iron Lung

Airpipe

Life

Crosswords: Iron Lung

Commercial Usage: Iron Lung

Books

Image Slideshow: Iron Lung

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Photo Album: Iron Lung

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Iron Lung

Modern Translation: Iron Lung

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Anagrams: Iron Lung

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Iron Lung

49 72 6F 6E 4C 75 6E 67

01001001 01110010 01101111 01101110 00100000 01001100 01110101 01101110 01100111

&#73 &#114 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#76 &#117 &#110 &#103

0049 0072 006F 006E 004C 0075 006E 0067

43848180246878073

Non-English Dictionaries with "Iron Lung"

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Iron Lung