Pulmotor
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. ReeveA Pulmotor was put into immediate action, and another period of heartbreaking suspense ensued.
The Slipper Point Mystery | Augusta Huiell SeamanThe Pulmotor makes the patient breathe—because it carries on the function for him artificially.
The Boy's Book of New Inventions | Harry E. Maule
British Dictionary definitions for Pulmotor
/ (ˈpʌlˌməʊtə, ˈpʊl-) /
trademark an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration
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