Definition of "space suit"

space suit

noun
plural space suits
1. A system of protective and pressurized clothing, together with environmental equipment, worn by astronauts when in space.
2. A pressurized protective outfit worn by people working with extreme biohazards.
  Quotations
  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.
  1994, Time - Volume 144, Issues 10-18
  It is really a pressurized, heavy-duty biological space suit.
  1998, Carole Marsh, New Mexico Hot Zones!
  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.
  2008, Ken Alibek, Biohazard, page 54