heart-lung apparatus (machine)

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• Heart-lung machine — A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for example, in open heart surgery. Blood returning to the heart is diverted through the machine before returning it to the arterial… …   Medical dictionary

• heart-lung machine — an apparatus for taking over temporarily the functions of both the heart and the lungs during heart surgery. It incorporates a pump, to maintain the circulation, and equipment to oxygenate the blood. Blood is taken from the body by tubes inserted …   The new mediacal dictionary

• heart-lungmachine — heart lung machine (härtʹlŭngʹ) n. An apparatus through which blood is temporarily diverted, especially during heart surgery, to oxygenate it and pump it throughout the body, thus maintaining circulation until the heart and lungs are able to… …   Universalium

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