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artificial lung

NOUN
device to oxygenate blood
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To address this, the medical team developed an artificial lung system designed to temporarily take over the lungs' role.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2026

Using a tube that is inserted into the patient’s neck and heart, the machine pumps blood from the body into an artificial lung.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022

It extracts blood from the body and circulates it through an artificial lung that removes carbon dioxide and adds oxygen before returning the blood to the body.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2021

“We carried out detoxification measures since we suspected poisoning. This is infusion therapy, this is forced diuresis. This is a transfer to an artificial lung ventilator,” he said.

From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2020

A pulmotor," replied the doctor, working quickly and carefully, "an artificial lung.

From Constance Dunlap by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve


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