heart-lung machine

[ hahrt-luhng ]

/ ˈhɑrtˈlʌŋ /

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noun

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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Origin of heart-lung machine

First recorded in 1955–60

Words nearby heart-lung machine

heart in one's mouth, have one's, heart in the right place, have one's, heart is set on, heartland, heartless, heart-lung machine, heart murmur, heart not in it, Heart of Darkness, heart of gold, heart of palm

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How to use heart-lung machine in a sentence

The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?
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But at the heart of this “Truther” conspiracy theory is the idea that “someone” wants to destroy Bill Cosby.
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The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
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She fills her characters up—strong women beating back against a sexist system—with so much heart.
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One specific kind of emergency is at the heart of this, such as when an airplane suffers a loss of stability at night.
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The blood that accused his friend in his heart, rushed to his face, when he repeated what had been told him.
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Frequently they are found in alveolar arrangement, retaining the original outline of the alveoli of the lung (Fig. 4, b).
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After all, may not even John Burns be human; may not Mr. Chamberlain himself have a heart that can feel for another?
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Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
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It, or a similar bacillus, is sometimes found in the sputum of gangrene of the lung.
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British Dictionary definitions for heart-lung machine

heart-lung machine

noun

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

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Scientific definitions for heart-lung machine

heart-lung machine

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