0 the movement of fresh air around a closed space, or the system that does this:
1 the act of expressing an opinion or mentioning a subject so that it can be discussed by others:
The lab's ventilation system is separate from the rest of the building.
He signed on as a civilian employee with the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration shop at the Dover base.
Older people are more likely to contract secondary bacterial pneumonia, and that's where they really get into trouble, where they need mechanical ventilation and blood pressure support.
The first medical ventilators for infants were introduced in the 1960s. Before this, nurses often provided ventilation with hand pumps.
One must leave room for the ventilation of ideas however invalid the other side may consider them to be.
The committee should oversee the scheme and allow for political ventilation of some of the issues that will undoubtedly arise.
The League of Nations was to be a machine not only for the peaceful settlement of international disputes but also for the ventilation of all international questions.
In a strict sense, there is nothing passive about removing a surgically implanted feeding tube or extubating a patient undergoing mechanical ventilation.