"BiPAP" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: BiPAPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} BiPAP (plural BiPAPs)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of bilevel positive airway pressure. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: bilevel positive airway pressure
    Sense id: en-BiPAP-en-noun-EYWxDHN2 Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (by extension) a bilevel positive airway pressure machine, a BiPAP device Tags: broadly Hypernyms: NIV (english: non-invasive ventilation), NPPV (english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation), NIPPV (english: non-invasive positive pressure ventilation), PAP (english: positive airway pressure), PPV (english: positive pressure ventilation) Related terms: PAP (english: positive airway pressure), CPAP (english: continuous positive airway pressure), IPAP (english: inhalation positive airway pressure), EPAP (english: exhalation positive airway pressure)
    Sense id: en-BiPAP-en-noun-uMZnoDfW

Inflected forms

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        "Initialism of bilevel positive airway pressure."
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        "(medicine) Initialism of bilevel positive airway pressure."
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          "english": "non-invasive positive pressure ventilation",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "english": "non-invasive positive pressure ventilation",
          "word": "NIPPV"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "english": "positive airway pressure",
          "word": "PAP"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "word": "PAP"
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          "english": "continuous positive airway pressure",
          "word": "CPAP"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "english": "inhalation positive airway pressure",
          "word": "IPAP"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "english": "exhalation positive airway pressure",
          "word": "EPAP"
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      "english": "non-invasive ventilation",
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      "english": "non-invasive positive pressure ventilation",
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    },
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      "english": "non-invasive positive pressure ventilation",
      "word": "NIPPV"
    },
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      "english": "positive airway pressure",
      "word": "PAP"
    },
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      "english": "positive pressure ventilation",
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    }
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    },
    {
      "english": "continuous positive airway pressure",
      "word": "CPAP"
    },
    {
      "english": "inhalation positive airway pressure",
      "word": "IPAP"
    },
    {
      "english": "exhalation positive airway pressure",
      "word": "EPAP"
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