breathing apparatus

1. 1.

   a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure

   Synonymsbreathing devicebreathing machineventilator

   Broaderdevice

   Narroweraqualungoxygen maskrespiratorresuscitatorsnorkel

Questions about breathing apparatus

What does breathing apparatus mean?

breathing apparatus means "a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure".

What is another word for breathing apparatus?

Close synonyms include breathing device, breathing machine, ventilator. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is breathing apparatus a common word?

breathing apparatus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.