Pulmotor

[ puhl-moh-ter, pool- ]

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

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How to use Pulmotor in a sentence

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

    The Social Gangster | Arthur B. Reeve
  • A Pulmotor was put into immediate action, and another period of heartbreaking suspense ensued.

    The Slipper Point Mystery | Augusta Huiell Seaman
  • The Pulmotor makes the patient breathe—because it carries on the function for him artificially.

British Dictionary definitions for Pulmotor

Pulmotor

/ (ˈpʌlˌməʊtə, ˈpʊl-) /


noun
  1. trademark an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration

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