moon suit
nounDefinition of moon suit
: a sealed garment worn especially for protection from hazardous material (such as toxic waste or infectious disease)
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This time, health authorities are grappling with more than the difficulty of quarantining and treating people in small villages far from modern medicine, or resistance from frightened people suspicious of outsiders in moon suits. — Dallas News, "Amid a new outbreak, book revisits Ebola's ravages," 5 Aug. 2019 This time, health authorities are grappling with more than the difficulty of quarantining and treating people in small villages far from modern medicine, or resistance from frightened people suspicious of outsiders in moon suits. — Lenny Bernstein, Washington Post, "Amid a new outbreak, revisiting Ebola’s ravages," 2 Aug. 2019 Local doctors and nurses, clad in stifling moon suits to protect against the virus, work under unimaginable conditions. — Dallas News, "Amid a new outbreak, book revisits Ebola's ravages," 5 Aug. 2019 Crews in billowing yellow moon suits worked into the night spraying down the street, and the Salisbury hospital’s emergency room was closed. — Washington Post, "UK counter-terror offer help after ex-Russian spy collapses," 6 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'moon suit.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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