Pulmotor
[ puhl-moh-ter, pool- ]
/ ˈpʌlˌmoʊ tər, ˈpʊl- /
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Trademark.
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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How to use Pulmotor in a sentence
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. ReeveA pulmotor was put into immediate action, and another period of heartbreaking suspense ensued.
The Slipper Point Mystery|Augusta Huiell SeamanThe pulmotor makes the patient breathe—because it carries on the function for him artificially.
The Boy's Book of New Inventions|Harry E. Maule
British Dictionary definitions for Pulmotor
Pulmotor
/ (ˈpʌlˌməʊtə, ˈpʊl-) /
noun
trademark an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration
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Medical definitions for Pulmotor
pulmotor
[ pul′mō′tər, pŭl′- ]
n.
A device used to inflate and deflate the lungs during resuscitation.
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