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発音

• IPA: /ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

ventilation (countable and uncountable, plural ventilations)

1. The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
   • 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft:

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

2. The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.
3. An exchange of views during a discussion.
4. The public exposure of an issue or topic.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "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."

5. The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.

   Synonym: respiration

   This toxin impairs ventilation by causing inflammation in the bronchioles.

6. (medicine) Ellipsis of mechanical ventilation.

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

派生語

• ventilation shaft

関連する語

• ventilate

アナグラム

• antiviolent