space suit

Definitions

1. A system of protective and pressurized clothing, together with environmental equipment, worn by astronauts when in space.
2. A pressurized protective outfit worn by people working with extreme biohazards.

Equivalents

Examples

“Yale officials may have⟳ to consider⟳ treating Sabia virus as a so-called class 4 biohazard from now on, which means researchers will be able to handle⟳ it only inside a glove box or while wearing a space suit⟳.”

“It is really a pressurized, heavy-duty biological space suit⟳.”

“Zone Two had its own⟳ protective gear—not quite so cumbersume as the space suit⟳, but still requiring an elaborate rite of passage from the outside world.”

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