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Equipment and Supplies > Gravity Suits

Preferred term

Gravity Suits  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Antigravity Suits
  • Pneumatic Suit
  • Pneumatic Suits
  • Pressure Suit
  • Pressure Suits
  • Suit, Antigravity
  • Suit, Pneumatic
  • Suit, Pressure
  • Suits, Antigravity

Note

  • MAST suit (Military or Medical Anti-Shock Trousers) goes here (do not add MILITARY MEDICINE); SPACE SUITS is also available

Scope note

  • 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 stabilize the circulatory state, i.e., to prevent hypotension, control hemorrhage, and regulate blood pressure. The suits are also used by pilots under positive acceleration.

History note

  • 76(75); was see under CLOTHING 1975

In other languages

  • G-puvut

    Finnish

  • G-puku
  • painepuku
  • painepuvut
  • pneumaattinen puku
  • pneumaattiset puvut
  • G-dräkter

    Swedish

  • Antichockbyxor
  • Militära antichockbyxor

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005676

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