Ventilation

Quick meaning: Ventilation is a noun meaning The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.

Meaning

The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.

More Meanings

1. The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.
2. An exchange of views during a discussion.
3. The public exposure of an issue or topic.
4. The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.
5. (medicine) Ellipsis of mechanical ventilation.

Example Sentences

It is time to try to wean this patient from ventilation.

This toxin impairs ventilation by causing inflammation in the bronchioles.

So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

"No, Mr. Malone, I will place no restriction upon your correspondence, since the ventilation of the facts is the object of your journey; but I demand that you shall give no particulars as to your exact destination, and that nothing be actually published until your return."

Word Forms

• ventilations

Synonyms for ventilation

Depending on context, synonyms include respiration, airing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include airing, vent, venting, breather, perfusion, flow.

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