breathing machine

Questions about breathing machine

What is another word for breathing machine?

It depends which breathing machine you mean. In the sense “a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure”, the synonyms are breathing device, breathing apparatus, ventilator. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of breathing machine?

WordNet records no antonym for breathing machine. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for breathing machine come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of breathing machine

• Full entry for breathing machineAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for breathing machineWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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