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G suit (medicine) and apartment (iou)


G suit (medicine)


G suit
<physiology> Double-layered inflatable suits which, when inflated, exert pressure on the lower part of the wearer's body. The suits are used to improve or stabilise the circulatory state, i.e., to prevent hypotension, control haemorrhage, and regulate blood pressure. The suits are also used by pilots under positive acceleration.


apartment (iou)



apartment noun. M17.
[French appartement from Italian appartamento, from appartare to separate, from a parte APART: see -MENT.]
a. A suite of rooms allotted to the use of an individual or group. arch. M17.
b. A suite of rooms forming one residence in a building containing a number of these; a flat. Chiefly N. Amer. L19.
Place of abode; quarters. L17-E18.
A compartment. L17-M19.
A single room in a house; usu. in pl., = sense 1a. E18.
Comb.: apartment block, apartment building, apartment house (chiefly N. Amer.) a building divided into flats.
apart'mental adjective (rare) E19.