ventilation

Definition

The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ventilation, from Old French ventilacion, from Late Latin ventilatio, from Latin ventilo. Morphologically ventilate + -ion.

Example Sentences

• "So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?"
• ""No, Mr. Malone, I will place no restriction upon your correspondence, since the ventilation of the facts is the object of your journey; but I demand that you shall give no particulars as to your exact destination, and that nothing be actually published until your return.""
• "This toxin impairs ventilation by causing inflammation in the bronchioles."

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