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heart-lung machine — noun a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery; diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body • Hypernyms: ↑pump * * * ˌheart ˈlung machine 7 [heart lung machine heart lung machines] noun a machine… … Useful english dictionary
Heart–lung transplant — Intervention ICD 9 CM 33.6 MeSH … Wikipedia
heart-lung machine — [härt′luŋ′] n. 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 … English World dictionary
heart-lung machine — heart′ lung′ machine n. med a pumping device through which diverted blood is oxygenated and returned to the body during heart surgery, temporarily functioning for the heart and lungs • Etymology: 1955–60 … From formal English to slang
heart-lung machine — heart lung ma,chine noun count a machine used for pumping blood and oxygen around someone s body when they are having a medical operation on their heart … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
heart-lung machine — heart lung ma.chine n a machine that pumps blood and oxygen around someone s body during a medical operation … Dictionary of contemporary English
Heart-lung transplant — Interventions infobox Name = PAGENAME Caption = ICD10 = ICD9 = 33.6 MeshID = D016041 OtherCodes = A heart lung transplant is a procedure carried out to replace both heart and lungs in a single operation. Due to a shortage of suitable donors, it… … Wikipedia
Heart-lung machine — A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for example, in open heart surgery. Blood returning to the heart is diverted through the machine before returning it to the arterial… … Medical dictionary
heart-lung machine — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms heart lung machine : singular heart lung machine plural heart lung machines medical a machine used for making blood and oxygen flow around someone s body when they are having a medical operation on their heart … English dictionary
heart-lung machine — /hat ˈlʌŋ məʃin/ (say haht lung muhsheen) noun a machine used at operations to take over the action of the heart and lungs to allow surgery to be performed on them …
