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intermittent positive pressure breathing

noun

Medical Definition of INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE BREATHING

:  enforced periodic inflation of the lungs by the intermittent application of an increase of pressure to a reservoir of air (as in a bag) supplying the lungs—abbreviation IPPB

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