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heart-lung machine

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machine /ma·chine/ (mah-shēn´) a mechanical contrivance for doing work or generating energy.
heart-lung machine  a combination blood pump (artificial heart) and blood oxygenator (artificial lung) used in open-heart surgery.
heart-lung machine
n.
An apparatus through which the blood is temporarily diverted, especially during heart surgery, to oxygenate it and pump it throughout the body.
heart-lung machine,
an apparatus consisting of a pump and an oxygenator that takes over the functions of the heart and lungs, especially during open heart surgery. The blood is shunted from the venous system through an oxygenator and returned to the arterial circulation.
heart-lung machine
Extracorporeal circulation, pump-oxygenator Heart surgery A device with a pump and a blood oxygenator, used during open heart–eg, cardiothoracic and cardiovascular surgery; the HLM does the work of the heart–pump blood and lungs–oxygenating the blood, by routing the blood through the machine before returning it to the arterial circulation


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