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Pulmotor
[ puhl-moh-ter, pool- ]
Trademark.
- a mechanical device for artificial respiration that forces oxygen into the lungs when respiration has ceased because of asphyxiation, drowning, etc.
Pulmotor
/ ˈpʌlˌməʊtə; ˈpʊl- /
noun
- an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration
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I dragged over the heavy tank which he had ordered as he adjusted a sort of pulmotor breathing apparatus over Leon.
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A pulmotor was put into immediate action, and another period of heartbreaking suspense ensued.
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The pulmotor makes the patient breathe—because it carries on the function for him artificially.
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