Responaut
Origin
en + -respirator + naut
Full definition of responaut
Noun
responaut
(plural responauts)- (medicine) A patient who depends on a respirator in order to breathe.
- 1974, Dennis Lees, ‎Stella Shaw, Impairment, Disability and Handicap: A Multi-disciplinary ViewThose responauts with severe respiratory impairment (Grade IV) have three times as much machine maintenance as the other responauts.