oxygenator
Britishnoun
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Ms Wang, another Beijing resident, and her family have pre-purchased Paxlovid before it becomes too expensive, as well as an oxygenator and pulse oximeter, for her grandfather-in-law.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2023
Also known as ECMO, it is a last resort, invasive treatment involving a machine that siphons blood out of the patient, runs it through an oxygenator and pumps it back into the body.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022
He can hook the baby up to a machine like the one that kept Georgia Bowen alive, an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator, or ECMO.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2018
The blood passes through a membrane oxygenator, in which oxygen is introduced and carbon dioxide removed, much like the exchange of gases that takes place in the lungs.
From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2013
The oxygenator will turn it into oxygen in its own time.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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