Pulmotor

[ puhl-moh-ter, pool- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Trademark.

a mechanical device for artificial respiration that forces oxygen into the lungs when respiration has ceased because of asphyxiation, drowning, etc.

Pulmotor

/ ˈpʊl-; ˈpʌlˌməʊtə /

noun

I dragged over the heavy tank which he had ordered as he adjusted a sort of pulmotor breathing apparatus over Leon.

A pulmotor was put into immediate action, and another period of heartbreaking suspense ensued.

The pulmotor makes the patient breathe—because it carries on the function for him artificially.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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