BiPAP

English

Noun

BiPAP (plural BiPAPs)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of bilevel positive airway pressure. (BiPAP ventilation)
  2. (by extension) a bilevel positive airway pressure machine, a BiPAP device

Hypernyms

  • NIV (non-invasive ventilation)
  • NPPV (non-invasive positive pressure ventilation)
  • NIPPV (non-invasive positive pressure ventilation)
  • PAP (positive airway pressure)
  • PPV (positive pressure ventilation)
  • PAP (positive airway pressure)
  • CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure)
  • IPAP (inhalation positive airway pressure)
  • EPAP (exhalation positive airway pressure)
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