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Heart-lung Machine

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Noun

1. heart-lung machine

a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery; diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Heart-lung Machine

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noun
a machine used to maintain the circulation and oxygenation of the blood during heart surgery

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Heart-lung Machine

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a mechanical device that pumps and oxygenates blood: it is used during open-heart surgery, lung surgery, etc. to divert the patient's blood around the heart and lungs

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Heart-lung Machine

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n.
An apparatus through which blood is diverted in order to oxygenate it and pump it throughout the body, used especially during heart surgery to maintain circulation until normal heart and lung function are restored.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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