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mechanical ventilation

phrase

B2CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

The use of a machine to move air in and out of the lungs when a patient cannot breathe adequately.

He required mechanical ventilation on the intensive care unit for eight days.

Topic: Respiratory in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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