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Extracorporeal
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extracorporeal /ex·tra·cor·po·re·al/ (-kor-por´e-al) situated or occurring outside the body.
ex·tra·cor·po·re·al (kstr-kôr-pôr-l)
adj.
Situated or occurring outside the body.

Extracorporeal
Outside of, or unrelated to, the body.
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extracorporeal
situated or occurring outside the body.

extracorporeal circulation
the circulation of blood outside the body, as through a hemodialyzer for removal of substances usually excreted in the urine, or through an extracorporeal circulatory support unit for carbon dioxide-oxygen exchange (see below).
extracorporeal circulatory support unit
a heart-lung machine. In animals used mainly in the investigation of cardiac prosthetic devices.

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