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Pulmotor

[puhl-moh-ter, poo l-]
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Trademark.
  1. a mechanical device for artificial respiration that forces oxygen into the lungs when respiration has ceased because of asphyxiation, drowning, etc.
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Examples from the Web for pulmotor

Historical Examples

  • The pulmotor makes the patient breathe—because it carries on the function for him artificially.

    The Boy's Book of New Inventions

    Harry E. Maule

  • A pulmotor was put into immediate action, and another period of heartbreaking suspense ensued.

    The Slipper Point Mystery

    Augusta Huiell Seaman

  • I dragged over the heavy tank which he had ordered as he adjusted a sort of pulmotor breathing apparatus over Leon.

    The Social Gangster

    Arthur B. Reeve

British Dictionary definitions for pulmotor

Pulmotor

noun
  1. trademark an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration
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pulmotor in Medicine

pulmotor

(pul′mō′tər, pŭl′-)
n.
  1. A device used to inflate and deflate the lungs during resuscitation.
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