responaut

English

Etymology

From respirator +‎ -naut.

Noun

responaut (plural responauts)

1. (medicine) A patient who depends on a respirator in order to breathe.
   • 1974, Dennis Lees, Stella Shaw, Impairment, Disability and Handicap: A Multi-disciplinary View:

     Those responauts with severe respiratory impairment (Grade IV) have three times as much machine maintenance as the other responauts.

Translations

patient who depends on respirator

• Finnish: hengityskonepotilas
• German: Beatmungspatient m