pulmotor

English

Etymology

Latin pulmo (“a lung”) + English motor.

Noun

pulmotor (plural pulmotors)

  1. An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen and/or air into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, etc.
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