responaut

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noun

A patient who depends on a respirator in order to breathe.

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Meanings

nounresponaut (plural responauts)

plural responauts

  1. medicineA patient who depends on a respirator in order to breathe.

    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

Origin

From respirator + -naut.

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Translations

Finnish hengityskonepotilas
  • hengityskonepotilaspatient who depends on respirator
German Beatmungspatient
  • Beatmungspatientpatient who depends on respirator
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APA

responaut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/responaut

MLA

“responaut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/responaut. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “responaut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/responaut.

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