- disk oxygenator
- rotating disk o.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
disk oxygenator
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rotating disk oxygenator — a formerly used type of film oxygenator in which parallel disks in series rotate through an extracorporeal pool of venous blood in a container of oxygen; gaseous exchange occurs between the thin film of blood on the exposed surfaces of the disks… … Medical dictionary
film oxygenator — a device, encased in a container of oxygen, that makes possible the production of a thin film of blood to facilitate the exchange of gases; see rotating disk o. and screen o … Medical dictionary
