space suit

Definitions

1. 1

   A system of protective and pressurized clothing, together with environmental equipment,…

   A system of protective and pressurized clothing, together with environmental equipment, worn by astronauts when in space.

2. 2

   A pressurized protective outfit worn by people working with extreme biohazards.

   • 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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