oxygen mask
noun
: a device worn over the nose and mouth through which oxygen is supplied from a storage tank
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Another passenger began to have a panic attack and was given an oxygen mask to help.
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
The Eglin flight, given the gentle Florida clime, would only require a standard flight suit, G-pants, helmet and oxygen mask.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
In many ways, Ziggy’s story is similar to dozens of other searches that Dawson — whose organization has provided oxygen masks to injured four-legged fire survivors — has performed in the days after the wildfires broke out.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Medical personnel were quick to attend before she was fitted with a neck brace and taken from the pool deck on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on her face.
—Ben Burrows and Nicole Auerbach, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
The Eglin flight, given the gentle Florida clime, would only require a standard flight suit, G-pants, helmet and oxygen mask.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
In many ways, Ziggy’s story is similar to dozens of other searches that Dawson — whose organization has provided oxygen masks to injured four-legged fire survivors — has performed in the days after the wildfires broke out.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Medical personnel were quick to attend before she was fitted with a neck brace and taken from the pool deck on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on her face.
—Ben Burrows and Nicole Auerbach, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Oxygen mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxygen%20mask. Accessed 25 Feb. 2025.
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