A small shelter put over and around someone’s bed so that gas or vapour can be passed inside.
An enclosure of material (usually transparent plastic) around a patient in bed, into which a gas or vapor can be passed as part of treatment. An oxygen tent is relatively inefficient as a means of administering oxygen; a face mask or intranasal oxygen are used where possible.
A plug of soft material used to maintain or dilate the opening to a sinus, canal, or body cavity. A variety of cylindrically shaped materials may be used.
A roll of absorbent material that expands when it absorbs water, used to widen a body canal or keep a wound open.
A tent-like fabric covering placed over a patient in bed, used for medical treatments, such as delivering oxygen in an oxygen tent.