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11heart-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 …
12heart-lung transplant — /ˌhat lʌŋ ˈtrænsplænt/ (say .haht lung transplant) noun a transplant operation in which two organs, the heart and the lungs, are transplanted together …
13heart-lung machine — an apparatus for taking over temporarily the functions of both the heart and the lungs during heart surgery. It incorporates a pump, to maintain the circulation, and equipment to oxygenate the blood. Blood is taken from the body by tubes inserted …
14heart-lung machine — noun Date: 1953 a mechanical pump that maintains circulation during heart surgery by shunting blood away from the heart, oxygenating it, and returning it to the body …
15heart-lung preparation — an animal in which only the heart and lungs are kept alive, the blood from the aorta being diverted into an external system of tubes, simulating the systemic circulation, and back via a reservoir to the right atrium; used in studies of heart… …
16heart-lung machine — device that performs the functions of the heart and lungs during heart surgery …
17heart-lung machine — noun a machine that temporarily takes over the functions of the heart and lungs, especially during heart surgery …
18heart–lung machine — a type of artificial heart (q.v.). * * * …
19Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National (NHLBI) — One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NHLBI’s mission is to “provide leadership for a national research program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and blood and in transfusion medicine through support of… …
20heart-lung endurance — performance of the heart and lungs under strenuous conditions (one of the components of physical fitness) …
