extracorporeal

[ek-struh-kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr-]

ex·tra·cor·po·re·al

[ek-struh-kawr-pawr-ee-uhl, -pohr-]
adjective
occurring or situated outside the body, as a heart-lung machine used to oxygenate the blood during surgery.

Origin:
1860–65; extra- + corporeal

ex·tra·cor·po·re·al·ly, adverb
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Extracorporeal has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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extracorporeal (ˌɛkstrəkɔːˈpɔːrɪəl)
 
adj
outside the body

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extracorporeal ex·tra·cor·po·re·al (ěk'strə-kôr-pôr'ē-əl)
adj.
Situated or occurring outside the body.

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