extracorporeal

[ ek-struh-kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr- ]

adjective
  1. occurring or situated outside the body, as a heart-lung machine used to oxygenate the blood during surgery.

Origin of extracorporeal

1
First recorded in 1860–65; extra- + corporeal

Other words from extracorporeal

  • ex·tra·cor·po·re·al·ly, adverb

Words Nearby extracorporeal

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British Dictionary definitions for extracorporeal

extracorporeal

/ (ˌɛkstrəkɔːˈpɔːrɪəl) /


adjective
  1. outside the body

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