oxygen mask
noun
: a device worn over the nose and mouth through which oxygen is supplied from a storage tank
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William sent her two photos: one of Lucy with a doctor and another of her in a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask with her eyes closed.
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Daryl Perry, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024
The adage is true: Put on your own oxygen mask first.
—Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 26 Oct. 2024
These divers risk their lives every day, repeatedly diving without oxygen masks to harvest mollusks, seaweed and other sea life around the rocky island.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
The airplane was climbing shortly after takeoff from Orange County, California, when flight attendants noticed oxygen masks in one of the plane’s rows were out of the overhead compartment.
—Paradise Afshar, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
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Daryl Perry, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024
The adage is true: Put on your own oxygen mask first.
—Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 26 Oct. 2024
These divers risk their lives every day, repeatedly diving without oxygen masks to harvest mollusks, seaweed and other sea life around the rocky island.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
The airplane was climbing shortly after takeoff from Orange County, California, when flight attendants noticed oxygen masks in one of the plane’s rows were out of the overhead compartment.
—Paradise Afshar, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Oxygen mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxygen%20mask. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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