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Pulmotor

[ puhl-moh-ter, pool- ]
/ ˈpʌlˌmoʊ tər, ˈpʊl- /

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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Words nearby Pulmotor

pulmonic airstream, pulmonitis, pulmono-, pulmonologist, pulmonology, Pulmotor, pulp, pulp amputation, pulpboard, pulp calcification, pulp canal
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Example sentences from the Web for Pulmotor

  • 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
/ (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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