heart-lung machine

American  

[hahrt-luhng] / ˈhɑrtˈlʌŋ /

noun

1. a device through which blood is shunted temporarily for oxygenation during surgery, while the heart or a lung is being repaired.

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heart-lung machine British  

noun

1. a machine used to maintain the circulation and oxygenation of the blood during heart surgery

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heart-lung machine Scientific  

1. An apparatus through which blood is temporarily diverted, especially during heart surgery, in order to oxygenate and pump it, thus maintaining circulation.

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Etymology

Origin of heart-lung machine

First recorded in 1955–60

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Example Sentences

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heart-lung machine

Mr. Nelson is a former heart surgeon who helped develop a heart-lung machine to support the first open-heart surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

Then a group of Yale scientists pumped a custom-made solution into the dead pigs’ bodies with a device similar to a heart-lung machine.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2022

Since the transplant, David Bennett had been connected to a heart-lung machine to support his new heart.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2022

“A heart-lung machine is in your medicine cabinet and falls out — it’s going to break!”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2020

We'll get him onto the heart-lung machine, and if we don't have help available by then, we'll have to try to complete the transplant.

From Star Surgeon by Alan Edward Nourse

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