n 1  :  a plaster cast for the trunk and neck  2  :  a respirator that covers the chest or the chest and abdomen and provides artificial respiration by means of an electric pump .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  car·ies  car·i·ous  coarse  co·ry·za 
 
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